It's only good pay in the mines. I work in domestic and commercial. It is repetitive stupid work. No safety culture and racism all around. Stop spreading the everything is better BS
Snakes under houses , funnel webs to see under houses… and needles ( druggies drill holes in the floor to form needle pyramids ) … apart from that it’s great in Sydney
I had a friend who emigrated to Australia on the strength of his Trade he was a plumber, proper time served had and completed his NVQ exams nothing shonky about his apprenticeship in any way, had all his interviews in London, showed all his evidence, and he was accepted as someone who can emigrate with his wife and 3 kids to Australia, when he got here they wouldn't recognise his trade papers and had to retrain at college for 12 months before he could get his license, kucky his wife was a reg nurse and could work.
Strangely enough, I don’t think they mention that you have to undergo a new exam and training in Oz. Apparently, this is required to ensure new sparks are compliant with Australian Regulations. I was informed of this when I applied in 2014. It’s Oz’s way of earning additional costs out of newbies
@@aussietingles4699 on my many travels to Perth, Canberra, Bris and Sydney, I did notice the electrics were sketchy in places. ( a bit like the UK really, with the countless DIYers and cowboys)
I'm dual traded. Heavy diesel mech and Electrician. Came over here 10 years ago as a Diesel mech. Company I worked for put me through the Electrical testing here in Aus. Work on diesel electric generation systems and have a great work life balance.
Dear Sir. Felix is Icelandic and the accident took place in Reykjavik 1998, when he came in contact with 11 Kw power line. He has been living in France for many years to wait for the right organ donor. He has also had a liver transplant.
Many of the jobs are fly-in fly-out jobs in the mining industry (mostly iron ore open cast mines) and involve working on heavy industrial equipment often operating at high voltage. Many mines also have their own power stations.
Exactly. They just stir up the numbers. Yes you make shiploads in mining but not in commercial and domestic. As a foreigner you are just another little labour slave here in Australia
Spent 21 years as a spark/instrument mechanic in Australia. Awesome place but make no mistake you still have to work for your crust of bread and when it’s 48 degrees in the shade it’s hard graft, but the rewards are great. Now back in the UK due to family ties. High voltage, instrumentation and heavy duty LV are the main stay of the mining sector and the pay is fantastic. There may be a skills shortage over here then which I hope will be good news for me.
Don't know what the culture is in Aus, but at the weekend I got called to look at some stuff, I got asked "A volunteer said he can put another socket off that one, we don't want you to do it but I wanted to check with an electrician before saying yes to the volunteer".... It was a ring circuit on a 45A circuit breaker, no RCD protection and was already a spur... People think electrical work is just live to live, neutral to neutral, earth to meh who needs that..
... good luck with them finding any place to live when they get to Oz ... we are going through a MASSIVE shortage of rental accommodation in the country atm rents going sky high due to less that 1% rental properties availability ... it won't be the easy move you think !!
Apparently there is a centre in the uk, london where we can have an exame before going to Australia to get your license. I wonder if you may know? Thanks
@@christophergallagher3845 Nooooooooooooo, you don't say. I said specifically English, because I am English, the latter British, because I am speaking on TH-cam to the World.
Do they accept the uk electrical & Installation level 2 diploma? I wont need a visa, just an electrican/trainee job? Or would it be better for me to do the level 2 course out there instead?
How do people apply? Spoke to visa agents and they said you'd have to go through a visa process but this video suggests you could send your CV somewhere? Thanks
As an Australian sparky it's nothing new. Most of my lecturer's when I was doing my apprenticeship where originally from the UK. I know lots of English and Canadian sparkies, here. Also as an Australian sparky, they took my jerb
Welcome to Australia. I'm just starting my pre-apprenticeship training at 45 years old. Seems like there are boundless opportunities in the trade. I don't care where you're from if I have something to learn from you. :)
My very FIRST question, is why would so many want to leave? Easy really, Australia as a country is better run and employers pay better wages, together with the availability of housing and better health care (here its been unfounded for decades) The UK suffers very badly from the cheap labour syndrome, where immigrants are preferred over local labour- cheapness again. If I was young, after what ive seen over the years in our 'trade' I would go in a flash. I used to work freelance as a commercial tech. spark
It's an absolute joke they make UK sparkies retrain to Australia standards which are far inferior to the UK standards. The standard of work in Australia is shockingly bad. UK and Irish sparkies are far superior to Aussies in every aspect of the trade.
They'll be back. It goes on fire every summer so I hear... That and the spiders... And the snakes... And the sharks... And the skin cancer... Yeah.... Sod that.
Just remember “the grass is always greener” and you will be the bloody foreigner 😂. A lot to consider, there will be a huge amount of relearning to do for their standards and way of doing things. Guess you will still need to graft to make money and it will be bloody hot 🥵. Plenty of opportunity in the UK for good grafting sparks that know what they are doing. (There are plenty that don’t)
Money and lifestyle in Australia will always be better than uk but you have to be able to put up with the heat and of course the loud mouth Aussies.... not for me thanks Sheila... 😜
As a Sparky in Australia. These poor people that are “Sold” these promises will have to complete AS/NZ wiring rules and work as a TA for a year to obtain a license before earning “Triple salaries”
I don't blame them at all, better work, better weather and much better pay. I'd be back out there tomorrow if I could
It is tempting isn't it? 😃
Depends where you end up! The best pay is out on the mines in the middle of nowhere.
It's only good pay in the mines. I work in domestic and commercial. It is repetitive stupid work. No safety culture and racism all around. Stop spreading the everything is better BS
Snakes under houses , funnel webs to see under houses… and needles ( druggies drill holes in the floor to form needle pyramids ) … apart from that it’s great in Sydney
I had a friend who emigrated to Australia on the strength of his Trade he was a plumber, proper time served had and completed his NVQ exams nothing shonky about his apprenticeship in any way, had all his interviews in London, showed all his evidence, and he was accepted as someone who can emigrate with his wife and 3 kids to Australia, when he got here they wouldn't recognise his trade papers and had to retrain at college for 12 months before he could get his license, kucky his wife was a reg nurse and could work.
Yep same as electricians.
Strangely enough, I don’t think they mention that you have to undergo a new exam and training in Oz.
Apparently, this is required to ensure new sparks are compliant with Australian Regulations.
I was informed of this when I applied in 2014. It’s Oz’s way of earning additional costs out of newbies
About time they catch up to UK or European standards. Oz electrics is third world. Even Malaysia and Singapore are ahead of them.
@@IAmThe_RA Depends totally on which state you go to.
@@aussietingles4699 on my many travels to Perth, Canberra, Bris and Sydney, I did notice the electrics were sketchy in places.
( a bit like the UK really, with the countless DIYers and cowboys)
hopefully its the kick up arse this country needs to pay their tradesmen what theyre worth!
And TH-cam presenters! 🤣
@@efixx cant forget them!
I'm dual traded. Heavy diesel mech and Electrician. Came over here 10 years ago as a Diesel mech. Company I worked for put me through the Electrical testing here in Aus. Work on diesel electric generation systems and have a great work life balance.
Dear Sir. Felix is Icelandic and the accident took place in Reykjavik 1998, when he came in contact with 11 Kw power line. He has been living in France for many years to wait for the right organ donor. He has also had a liver transplant.
Many of the jobs are fly-in fly-out jobs in the mining industry (mostly iron ore open cast mines) and involve working on heavy industrial equipment often operating at high voltage. Many mines also have their own power stations.
Good to know, should make for some great content when I emigrate! 😃
It’s to do with the olympics my cousin was telling me at Xmas a lot of my family live there
Exactly. They just stir up the numbers. Yes you make shiploads in mining but not in commercial and domestic. As a foreigner you are just another little labour slave here in Australia
Spent 21 years as a spark/instrument mechanic in Australia. Awesome place but make no mistake you still have to work for your crust of bread and when it’s 48 degrees in the shade it’s hard graft, but the rewards are great. Now back in the UK due to family ties.
High voltage, instrumentation and heavy duty LV are the main stay of the mining sector and the pay is fantastic.
There may be a skills shortage over here then which I hope will be good news for me.
Each state in Australia has its own licensing system for sparkies .
still looking for an apprenticeship after a year, I see maybe ten positions a month advertised atm.
Don't know what the culture is in Aus, but at the weekend I got called to look at some stuff, I got asked "A volunteer said he can put another socket off that one, we don't want you to do it but I wanted to check with an electrician before saying yes to the volunteer".... It was a ring circuit on a 45A circuit breaker, no RCD protection and was already a spur... People think electrical work is just live to live, neutral to neutral, earth to meh who needs that..
... good luck with them finding any place to live when they get to Oz ... we are going through a MASSIVE shortage of rental accommodation in the country atm rents going sky high due to less that 1% rental properties availability ... it won't be the easy move you think !!
Apparently there is a centre in the uk, london where we can have an exame before going to Australia to get your license. I wonder if you may know?
Thanks
Incorrect. Waste of money.
Yes you have to take a skills assessment here in the UK if you're ever going to gain a visa to work out there. Only assessment centre is in Crew
The way England is going, Brits will be moving out in their millions very soon. Forced or otherwise
most have already left the north west town where i live, not many English folk about anymore
Leaves the brexiters behind to enjoy their utopia.
British are also from Wales Scotland and Ireland , here's hoping the way England is going won't have any effect on us 😮
@@christophergallagher3845 Nooooooooooooo, you don't say. I said specifically English, because I am English, the latter British, because I am speaking on TH-cam to the World.
@@richierich8334 TH-cam comments has no bearing on being British, these Isles been around for thousands of years
Do they accept the uk electrical & Installation level 2 diploma? I wont need a visa, just an electrican/trainee job?
Or would it be better for me to do the level 2 course out there instead?
What happened to the trades in Australia when they never trained up there own citizens?
Great news we desperately need a shortage to up the ridiculous rates
We need to strike, not to run
@@barbakot1 rate will temporarily rise and will be permanent then after that 😎
How do people apply? Spoke to visa agents and they said you'd have to go through a visa process but this video suggests you could send your CV somewhere? Thanks
Imagine if most qualified and professional workers exited the UK and left the country without a skilled workforce ---- doesn't bear thinking about.
I'm mid application to move with PR. Document assessment pending!
As an Australian sparky it's nothing new. Most of my lecturer's when I was doing my apprenticeship where originally from the UK. I know lots of English and Canadian sparkies, here.
Also as an Australian sparky, they took my jerb
Yep about time Australia catches up to the UK or European standards.
Trouble is the place is full of Australians
Great news weekly Joe as always 👍
Thanks Sean! 😃
We got better plugs though 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Sure do! 👍💪👍💪👍
POE for lighting is a bit mad - ultimate in vendor lock in, and I’m not convinced the copper, plastics or power consumptions figures are better.
Is PoE not a standard under the IEEE?
Incognito & Gulp?
Great show as always, thanks a million. Toby.
Thank you for the latest update!!
One man’s decision to emigrate is another man’s fortune!! You just have to put up with the UK!!!
No way, not for me. The spiders don’t kill you in UK 😂
The spiders don't, but shit wages do.
Every cloud has a silver lining...
No one's died from a spider bite in Australia since 1981 👍
@@londontrada actually the last death from a spider bite was in 2016,but its pretty rare nowadays
Spiders lol. Watch out for Drop bears and Brown snakes.
Love the skill shortage!!!!! Keeps my prices up, its great to be wanted..
Judging by The work standards of half the electricians round here they wouldn’t last 5 mins in Australia
does Australia need to rewire fully. ..
Welcome to Australia. I'm just starting my pre-apprenticeship training at 45 years old. Seems like there are boundless opportunities in the trade. I don't care where you're from if I have something to learn from you. :)
My Dad set up a Boomerang factory last year in Australia .... and that is not a throw away comment let me tell you ! ....
This will come back at you I feel
Hummingbird and caviar? 🤞
Electricians & UK... easy
Buns for tea and roast hummingbird and caviar
Aus & Gulp
Incognito and hummingbird
Great guesses Matt, top work! 😃
hummingbird and caviar
Good guesses Steve, make sure you're tuned in next week to see if you're right! 😃
The 2 words were Glup and itallian
Lathing gas and fishing nets
Lots of gods guesses this week Sean. 😊
My very FIRST question, is why would so many want to leave? Easy really, Australia as a country is better run and employers pay better wages, together with the availability of housing and better health care (here its been unfounded for decades) The UK suffers very badly from the cheap labour syndrome, where immigrants are preferred over local labour- cheapness again. If I was young, after what ive seen over the years in our 'trade' I would go in a flash. I used to work freelance as a commercial tech. spark
Hey Joe, are you still behind on the TH-cam prizes? Still not had mine from weeks ago
I'll give Joe 2.0 a nudge. 👍
@@efixx thanks Joe 😁
Good
Incognito hummingbird
Great guess and another classic band name! Make sure you're listening next week to see nsee if you got them right! 👍
It's an absolute joke they make UK sparkies retrain to Australia standards which are far inferior to the UK standards. The standard of work in Australia is shockingly bad. UK and Irish sparkies are far superior to Aussies in every aspect of the trade.
Buns and caviar
Bonanza and hummingbird
They'll be back. It goes on fire every summer so I hear... That and the spiders... And the snakes... And the sharks... And the skin cancer... Yeah.... Sod that.
Wait , the UK doesn't get uv rays from the sun too ?
😂😂😂 Jealous much?
4 hrs to deliver his cv , has nobody told him about email 😂
Hummingbird, Caviar. Lol
Gulp and hummingbird
Poor old Australia,
Incognito and bonanza
incognito hummingbird
Great guesses, make sure you listen in next week to see if you got it right! 😃
Incognito bonanza
That sounds like an exciting event Jas! 😂 Good guesses, make sure you tune in next Monday to see if you got them right. 💪💪💪
incognito and consortium :)
Just remember “the grass is always greener” and you will be the bloody foreigner 😂. A lot to consider, there will be a huge amount of relearning to do for their standards and way of doing things. Guess you will still need to graft to make money and it will be bloody hot 🥵. Plenty of opportunity in the UK for good grafting sparks that know what they are doing. (There are plenty that don’t)
How would an Australian Electrician go getting a job/ experience in the UK?
@@billyhammertime why would you want to ! This country will bankrupt soon and full of immigrants if thinks keep going. No Incentive to get on anymore
blitz and incognito 🙃
What's up with that word guessing game stuff?!
Incognito, Bonanza.
Gulp and bonanza
Be warned . Oz ain't cheap .
Good to know Steven, I'll cancel these plane tickets... ✈️
Bonanza and Plucky
Boffin and hummingbird
Money and lifestyle in Australia will always be better than uk but you have to be able to put up with the heat and of course the loud mouth Aussies.... not for me thanks Sheila... 😜
Gulp boffin
No need to be nervous Stuart, I'm not as clever as I make out. 😂
Strewth!
Incognito and boffin
That's how I want to live my life! 😃
incognito and gulp
boffin and bonanza
Boffin and Gulp
Incógnito and bulging
That's how I roll.
Australia is better than uk?
No it isn’t.
As a Sparky in Australia. These poor people that are “Sold” these promises will have to complete AS/NZ wiring rules and work as a TA for a year to obtain a license before earning “Triple salaries”
Should take this chance to catch up to European or UK standards instead of doing that.
@@IAmThe_RA As a UK trained sparky I partly agree. Although UK needs to ditch a few things to be a world leader in electrical standards
@@jurassicsparks5220yep ring circuits and bare cpc must be ditched.
Very sad that the government of Western Australia is willing to scam UK sparkies just for their own benefit
@@jurassicsparks5220 Hello Sir, did you go through this visa process? What does TA stand for? Is it worth it at the end? Thanks
Incognito
Bonanza
Good guesses, make sure you're listening in next week to see if you got it! 😊
Thank you for the latest update!!
Incognito and hummingbird
Incognito hummingbird