I am a plasterer and wall and floor tiler in the uk, to obtain work in Australia is there any mandatory or recommended qualifications i should consider obtaining before applying for employment? My partners occupation is in local government as a community engagement officer in the uk but has experience working in insurance and office management. Can you advise which catagory these would fall into on the skilled occupation list as we will be hopefully going on my partners visa as i will be just over the 45 age threshold but my partner under.Could you advise on the best place to relocate for plastering/wall and floor tiling/government/council/office work and affordability and value for money real estate not somewere constantly hideously hot, we have no children so schooling is not an issue . We are looking to migrate in 3 years what is the process and time restrictions applicable to our application is there anything we should be doing now? Any help would be very appreciated, all the best.