duckygee Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hi, New to this forum, but after some advice Myself and my husband are currently in process of applying for a skilled independent visa for Australia. We have submitted the visa application and are waiting to be assigned a case worker. I am a high school teacher and my husband is a joiner and so both of our jobs are on the in-demand list. When the time came to apply for the visa, we had to decide who to make as the main applicant. We looked into the cost of getting both mine and my husband's skills assessed and found that it would be a much cheaper option for me to be the main applicant. We did however discuss what it would mean for husband to not have had his skills assessed prior to arrival in Australia and were told that he would not be allowed to work 'on site', but could work for domestic joinery companies. My husband has NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Joinery, he has been a joiner for nearly 12 years and has owned and run his own joinery company for nearly 10 of those years. He specialises in domestic joinery and home improvements and has never worked on site. This is the sort of role that he wants to go into when moving to Australia. Not necessarily being self employed, but certainly focusing on domestic improvements joinery. However, I have seen something recently on the TV that has had me wondering whether this is true. The case I saw was a man who was a UK qualified heating engineer with a number of years experience and he was told that in order to work for anyone in Australia, he would need to have his UK qualifications assessed and to do this would take him up to 18 months. In this time, he would be considered an adult apprentice and would be limited to a max salary of $36,000. I know that being a joiner and a heating engineer are completely different things, but I am wondering if there is anyone who can shed light on whether my husband's earning potential will be drastically limited over in Australia until his skills are assessed, as this will help us decide whether we need to get his skills assessed over here prior to departure. Getting his skills assessed over here is not something we want to do, as it is a very expensive process and will delay our ultimate departure, but if doing so will increase his earning capacity and mean that he will be employed faster, then it is something that we will need to do. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyof4 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 My OH is a carpenter and it only took a few months from sending the paperwork and being assessed. Surely it would be better doing it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samandcraig Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hi, New to this forum, but after some advice Myself and my husband are currently in process of applying for a skilled independent visa for Australia. We have submitted the visa application and are waiting to be assigned a case worker. I am a high school teacher and my husband is a joiner and so both of our jobs are on the in-demand list. When the time came to apply for the visa, we had to decide who to make as the main applicant. We looked into the cost of getting both mine and my husband's skills assessed and found that it would be a much cheaper option for me to be the main applicant. We did however discuss what it would mean for husband to not have had his skills assessed prior to arrival in Australia and were told that he would not be allowed to work 'on site', but could work for domestic joinery companies. My husband has NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Joinery, he has been a joiner for nearly 12 years and has owned and run his own joinery company for nearly 10 of those years. He specialises in domestic joinery and home improvements and has never worked on site. This is the sort of role that he wants to go into when moving to Australia. Not necessarily being self employed, but certainly focusing on domestic improvements joinery. However, I have seen something recently on the TV that has had me wondering whether this is true. The case I saw was a man who was a UK qualified heating engineer with a number of years experience and he was told that in order to work for anyone in Australia, he would need to have his UK qualifications assessed and to do this would take him up to 18 months. In this time, he would be considered an adult apprentice and would be limited to a max salary of $36,000. I know that being a joiner and a heating engineer are completely different things, but I am wondering if there is anyone who can shed light on whether my husband's earning potential will be drastically limited over in Australia until his skills are assessed, as this will help us decide whether we need to get his skills assessed over here prior to departure. Getting his skills assessed over here is not something we want to do, as it is a very expensive process and will delay our ultimate departure, but if doing so will increase his earning capacity and mean that he will be employed faster, then it is something that we will need to do. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated hi, we have a 489 visa in place and go to Oz in March, I have been told that all a joiner needs is a white card to start work and you can apply for that and achieve it in one day, I do believe that it would only take a heating engineer this long and not all construvtion workers....I was watching WDU too.....:rolleyes::rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebourvellec Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Welcome to PIO the skills assessments are for the visa process only, people that have passed the skills assessment will still need to get the licence. 2 different things. Some trades need specific licence to work in Australia, electiticians and Gas heating engineered as in WDU, they require to do trade apprenticeships to get there licences. Not the case for carpenter and but will need the White card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckygee Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thank you for your replies, this is excellent news. Yes, it was WDU I was watching, but it suddenly got me really concerned that the same may apply to being a joiner and therefore we'd end up on a really limited wage. So, is the white card something that he sorts once he arrives in the country or is it something he can sort out before we get there? Do all joiners need a white card or just site joiners? I've already registered with Victoria teaching, as that is probably where we are heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samandcraig Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thank you for your replies, this is excellent news. Yes, it was WDU I was watching, but it suddenly got me really concerned that the same may apply to being a joiner and therefore we'd end up on a really limited wage. So, is the white card something that he sorts once he arrives in the country or is it something he can sort out before we get there? Do all joiners need a white card or just site joiners? I've already registered with Victoria teaching, as that is probably where we are heading. you can do it online but we have been told that some companies don't accept the online version so it's best to do it once you have arrived, as I say this is just what I have been told, but do believe it to be true x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckygee Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thank you samandcraig :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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