Work in Oz

MaxB

Flying out to Oz on a WHV in a few months and starting to get nervous about work. I'm a cival/structural engineer, can't get work over here so hoping to pick something up over there. I have 5/6 months work experience, but I haven't been working for over a year now. There any chance of me picking up a decent job? Maybe get sponsered? Should be landing mid November hopefully. Any advice is great.

Zambia

try reading this thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055496201

Its handy. As I assume you are looking at the WHV as a route into living here.

There are a few threads here about civil Engineering work. Best of luck.

MaxB

Thanks Zambia232. Going on the WHV with the intention of staying there for a year, maybe two if I got sponsered.

Read in a few threads that work experience is a big thing and could cause a problem. I'm really going for engineering experience like.

uglyjohn

do a bit of research in terms of where you want to move to. prospects vary from state to state.

is your experience on site or in consultancy? i came over with over a year office experience and didnt have a hope of getting an office job. if it had been site experience i would have walked in to one.

as said before, check prevous threads.

MaxB

Uglyjohn, was thinking of trying Perth. People on here have mentioned it. It was an office job I had, it was only a small business though and as I said not for very long.

Turnstyle

Op, maybe try looking in Western Australia up in the mining country, towns like Karratha. I have some mates who are engineers (not sure what type exactly..) but are up there on good jobs and big big money. Its very remote but they fly in/out every few weeks from Perth etc

gustafo

Turnstyle wrote: »

Op, maybe try looking in Western Australia up in the mining country, towns like Karratha. I have some mates who are engineers (not sure what type exactly..) but are up there on good jobs and big big money. Its very remote but they fly in/out every few weeks from Perth etc

remote isn't the word for its a ****ing dogs life no money is worth it, stuck in the middle of nowhere doing savage hours with a **** load of aussie and european hillbillys, i did it for a while and i will never do it again, what a pack of ****ing weirdos working in those mines

uglyjohn

i kinda like it personally. there seems to be a perception that any idiot can walk into a job up here and wind up rich in weeks and that is simply not true.


back to the OP:

that really isnt a lot of experience, i might make things difficult to get office work. if you interview well and are willing to work for cheap you might be able to get in the door somewhere but as i said it would be a lot easier if you had site experience.

west101

Hi Lads

Im in a similar position as the OP, I have 3 years expierence as a site engineer and recently completed a masters. Im booked to go out in late november, but I got a job offer in Germany yesterday, Id like to go to OZ and see it, but would I be mad to give up a job in the hope of finding one on OZ.

Any advice welcomed
Thanks.

Zambia

A bird in the hand ....

cormaclynch

West,

I think with 3 years experience you should have no problem getting a job on site here. It might take a couple of months to get one but I'd say you should be ok