Littlebit Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Hi Guys Hoping you can help.....me and my husband really want to move to australia but just dont qualify. Looking at the list Locksmith has been on there a while but as there is no formal qualification here in the UK I was wondering if anyone has emigrated to Oz on this skill and what the process was. I should mention that neither of us are locksmiths but happy to retrain....which raises the issue of experience? My husband is a retail manager with 5 years exp and I am an executive PA...they dont need us over in Oz!!! Any advise would be greatly appreicated! Sabrina
Guest Stevebel Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Welcome to PIO Sabrina. Interesting strategy - choosing a job from the list and then aiming for it As I understand it, all skilled migration paths require a number of years' experience though, so this will be a long-term strategy if you see it through. By the time you come to actually apply, the rules - and the skills list - could well have changed, so it's also a very risky approach. That said, there was a thread earlier in the year about existing locksmiths trying to work out what the Immigration authorities expect when there are no formal qualifications in the UK: http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/88847-anyone-passed-tra-locksmith.html http://www.nmit.edu.au/pdf/course_info/locksmithing/nmit_rpl_for_locksmithing.pdf Good luck!
Littlebit Posted December 27, 2010 Author Posted December 27, 2010 Thanks for the links.... Its just one of the options i am looking at.....also trying to get sponsorship on a 4 year visa...we will get there eventually!!
pablo Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Thanks for the links.... Its just one of the options i am looking at.....also trying to get sponsorship on a 4 year visa...we will get there eventually!! Would you not be better doing an occupation where the criteria for migation is less vague?some kind of trade,IT or nursing maybe? good luck anyway
crispysince70 Posted December 27, 2010 Posted December 27, 2010 Hi Guys Hoping you can help.....me and my husband really want to move to australia but just dont qualify. Looking at the list Locksmith has been on there a while but as there is no formal qualification here in the UK I was wondering if anyone has emigrated to Oz on this skill and what the process was. I should mention that neither of us are locksmiths but happy to retrain....which raises the issue of experience? My husband is a retail manager with 5 years exp and I am an executive PA...they dont need us over in Oz!!! Any advise would be greatly appreicated! Sabrina My OH is a locksmith with the relevant experience, but when we looked into it, it was so difficult to get any kind of straight answer off of anyone regarding the relevant qualification that we gave it up as a bad job and went on my qualifications instead ( hairdreser). The nearest we ever got information wise, was that he would have to go over to Aus to be assesed under their qualifications which would in itself cost thousands, that would be after sepending thousand of pounds initially in the Uk for the initial training that he undertook (£3,500 or thereabouts). So, if I were you I'd definatley look at another occupation to train under. Good luck, and if you're determined, you'll get there in the end. xx
Alan Collett Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 NMIT - Locksmithing This is the only AQF Certificate III course I know of in Locksmithing - which is not to say there aren't others ... Best regards.
Littlebit Posted December 28, 2010 Author Posted December 28, 2010 Thank you for the info...we will get there - eventually! Just need to find a way in...why do they make it so hard? Oh well....back to the drawing board!!
Alan Collett Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 Thank you for the info...we will get there - eventually! Just need to find a way in...why do they make it so hard? Oh well....back to the drawing board!! They make it so hard so that Australia isn't like the place you are trying to escape from! Best regards.
Guest runlocalocksmith Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Would you not be better doing an occupation where the criteria for migation is less vague?some kind of trade,IT or nursing maybe? good luck anyway __________________ Pablo is thinking of turning down one of the hundreds of thousands of job vacancies in britain,signing on and getting one of those mansions,a free jet ski,and having nine holidays a year,free fish+chips and a free car,all courtesy of the british taxpayer locksmith| locksmiths
pablo Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Would you not be better doing an occupation where the criteria for migation is less vague?some kind of trade,IT or nursing maybe? good luck anyway__________________ Pablo is thinking of turning down one of the hundreds of thousands of job vacancies in britain,signing on and getting one of those mansions,a free jet ski,and having nine holidays a year,free fish+chips and a free car,all courtesy of the british taxpayer locksmith| locksmiths Ive been cloned!:wideeyed:Now theres two of me,how good is that:mad:,martha and arthur:cute:,stilletos and steel toe caps!
crispysince70 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Lol Pablo!! I noticed this too! I thought you'd changed your name and was starting afresh without your dubious reputation!! Did I say dubious outloud?
pablo Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Lol Pablo!! I noticed this too! I thought you'd changed your name and was starting afresh without your dubious reputation!! Did I say dubious outloud? Alrite crisp:biggrin: Strangely enuf....RUNLOCALOCKSMITH was my original thought on a username name when i joined!!!!uncanny!!:skeptical::laugh: Dubious rep me!:angel_happy_face_ha,MMmmmm you did yes:mad:,its ok,i cant get annoyed with a pretty lady:wubclub::hug:
Paul1Perth Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 That made me smile. When we first looked at emigrating in 92 the job situation in Oz was as dire as the UK and not much was on the list. "Tuna long line fisherman" was on the list month after month. I was a bit like Yosser "I can do that".
anthonyUK Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 I have talked with people who were able to get their qualifications approved in Australia and they live a great life there.. It is a bit difficult for a locksmith to go there... but it's really not mission impossible. With your relevant experience and a little bit of luck you guys are there soon.Just be persistent if you think you want to live of that in the future... Good LUCK!
Rupert Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 Thanks again Anthony, this is an old thread, will close it now.
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