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Moving / Long Term - AUSTRALIA ALONE?
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21-03-2008 5:47pm#1
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I have looked it into it myself but dont meet the points requirement for a skilled worker visa. I would love to give it a go for at least a year and highly recommend anyone else trying it.
A mate of mine also IT has made the move recently. He went in on a tourist visa and had plenty of interviews while I was down there recently. Because his skill is in demand he will have no problem getting a job and then a visa thru the employer.
You can check the list of skilled occupations here:
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1121i.pdf
If you are still under 30 you can get in on the 1 year working holiday visa and then while there get your employer to sponsor you so you can stay longer.
I couldnt tell you about meeting friends down there as I have a few down there already but in Sydney there are plenty of Irish and the Irish pubs are jammers at weekends. Another way to meet friends is to stay in the hostels. There are always people on their own in there also looking to meet new people.
If I was under 30 or qualified for a visa I would be gone tomorrow.
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we have found is that the sausages and cream crackers are crap!!
I hope you haven't been getting your sausages from the supermarket.
As for the university situation, 33% of the population attend university for very good reasons but two stand out:
1. Unlike Ireland, an undergrad university degree costs an average of $30,000 at about $800 per unit. Although that cost is factored into the tax system and you pay it bit by bit (although this doesn't include post grad degrees which you pay for yourself at $1200-$2000 per unit), it's a debt held for a long time by many people and for a lot of them, that's just not acceptable. They'd much prefer the mortgage.
2. You earn much more in a trade or in business. Over here, chippies and sparkies (carpenters and electricians) are earning $100K a year, more if they're in the mining industry. Apprentices are on a good wicket too. I think it's also worth pointing out that Australia's richest people do not have a degree. In fact, our richest man, a billionaire, has a year 8 education.
Degrees are alright but they aren't everything.
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I'm working in the property game in Ireland and I am now really thinking about going over to Oz for work, I am going down for a month in November to see what it's all about. My brother is down there at the minute working as a Quantity Surveyor and he was saying that there is plenty of work in that game.
I'm really looking forward to going down and seeing what it's all about as Ireland is beginning to go super dodge, especially in my game. If I don't go now, I'll never go!
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martinr5232 wrote: »Hi does anybody know what sort of money mechanics are earning in oz. Have had an itch to go for years but am to old now for a holiday visa so thinking of emmigration.
As far as i know mechanics is on the list of skills shortages if anybody could also confirm this.
Cheers
Yea i think its on the list but i dont think the wages come close to other trades unless you are going to work in the mines.
I worked in BMW in Sydney and its a class place but the Technicians (Mechanics) always complained that the pay was quite poor. The only thing i will say is that very few that i worked with would consider doing some nixers for extra cash. They worked a flat week and after that was leisure time.
They are very receptive to Irish and British Mechanics coming over cause they like the work ethic of these people. You often find the expats are the ones who do the difficult jobs cause they are more adaptable.Hi, just reading all your comments and in the same boat myself.....done the 1yr wrking visa, back about 2.5 yrs now, but wondering what the scene is like for engineers (manufacturing)........
Afraid that the manufacturing sector in Oz is pretty poor. They are more of a service kinda place.
But they are dying for Engineers so if you are willing to be flexible you will have no problems.
Building Services is the real market over there.0 -
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