kiwi moving to england next year, looking for job!

hitman11 · Dec 22, 2013

hey guys, me and my partner are moving to the uk next year on a ancestory 5 year visa and im looking to be an electrician there. im fully qualified and have my practising license here, but im curious to what tickets I need over there? and we wont be living in London either.....so whats the demand for sparkys like in leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester etc thanks!

Geoffsd · Dec 26, 2013

I wish I was in New Zealand and planning to come here.

I could change my mind.

Morgan keith · Dec 26, 2013

hitman get in touch with a company called 'down under tradies' in London. Costs about £450 and you just have to sit a kind of regs exam and a health and safety exam and you'll be issued your 17th edition cert and a JIB gold gold and you're good to go. It's a lot easier for us to start working in the UK as we do proper apprenticeships not like the 5 week pom methods ;-) might want to also gain the 2391 (which now is called the 2394 & 2395 I think) which is related to testing and inspecting. You can get by without it but a lot of jobs would prefer if you had it

guest119 · Dec 26, 2013

Morgan keith said:
hitman get in touch with a company called 'down under tradies' in London. Costs about £450 and you just have to sit a kind of regs exam and a health and safety exam and you'll be issued your 17th edition cert and a JIB gold gold and you're good to go. It's a lot easier for us to start working in the UK as we do proper apprenticeships not like the 5 week pom methods ;-) might want to also gain the 2391 (which now is called the 2394 & 2395 I think) which is related to testing and inspecting. You can get by without it but a lot of jobs would prefer if you had it

And it separates the men from the boys. ( or at least the 2391 did)

Boydy

overskilled · Dec 26, 2013

Aberdeen could be a "fun" experience, nice folk, "interesting dialect", flipping colder than invercargill and a heck of a lot more snow...albeit more culture and better bars I'm told.
Also plenty of ski slopes etc close by aberdeen as well as plenty of places to go "tramping" if thats your thing.

Liverpool....fit locking wheel nuts to every stud on the van and hire a translator.....Aberdonians have nothing on Scousers for being incomprehensible.....

telectrix · Dec 26, 2013

and be sure to buy a return ticket. it's cheaper than 2 singles. after a month here, i'm sure you'll be queueing to get back to NZ.

overskilled · Dec 26, 2013

A month...after a fortnight of paying uk petrol prices...I'd be off again....

Then again paying $80-$120 to see the doc kinda cancels that out.....

guest119 · Dec 26, 2013

overskilled said:
A month...after a fortnight of paying uk petrol prices...I'd be off again....

Then again paying $80-$120 to see the doc kinda cancels that out.....

Aye but if you are paying him he might show an interest and actually listen!

Boydy

hitman11 · Dec 26, 2013

alot of good info on www.downundertradies.com thanks guys. it says something on there about being self-employed? is that how it works over there? most sparkys in new Zealand work for a company which supplies them with a van/most tools and do all the tax/paper work for them.

guest119 · Dec 26, 2013

hitman11 said:
alot of good info on www.downundertradies.com thanks guys. it says something on there about being self-employed? is that how it works over there? most sparkys in new Zealand work for a company which supplies them with a van/most tools and do all the tax/paper work for them.

You're in for a rude awakening then.

Boydy

hitman11 · Dec 27, 2013

you poms are making it sound hard! guess ill see when im over there.....

overskilled · Dec 27, 2013

First lesson, poms were generally English....

Brightspark2 · Dec 27, 2013

hitman11 said:
alot of good info on www.downundertradies.com thanks guys. it says something on there about being self-employed? is that how it works over there? most sparkys in new Zealand work for a company which supplies them with a van/most tools and do all the tax/paper work for them.

Depends. You can go down either route, employed or self employed. Pro's and con's to each.

I'd probably recommend you look to get employed as that's what's your used too and it will be easier for you.

Brightspark2 · Dec 27, 2013

hitman11 said:
you poms are making it sound hard! guess ill see when im over there.....

You'll find a lot of doom and gloom on here...

GLENNSPARK · Dec 27, 2013

Engineer54 said:
Eh, Hong Kong work's to UK standards ...or used too!!

If anything hitman is over qualified, certainly no electrical trainee's in the land of the KIWI. lol!!

but have you been to rotherham just lately eng?...

place is a sty...

Taylortwocities · Dec 27, 2013

hitman11 said:
does It help that im a kiwi? don't us new Zealanders have a good name in England?

I don't want to rain on your parade, but it may have passed your notice, but some time ago we became officially part of the European Union. Up until that time we could get lots of loverlee New Zealand butter and other stuff in the shops. Since the EU came along most of our goods come from Europe.

Oh and don't forget that members of the EU have free travel, benefit and employment rights here, that means you'll be at the back of a queue that has France, Germany, Bulgaria and Poland in it already.