i have been in the same boat for 3 years, i've worked under another plumbers licence for the last 8 years in sydney and applied for my qualifications (city and guilds) to be recognised but the people at tafe just look at me blankly and fob me off with go and see fair trading. i know my mate just walked in about 5 years ago and they gave him the licence straight up but all that has changed. i even sat my gas at tafe here for a year and passed but now they wont give me the contractors licence to even install gas with out all of the other sections in plumbing. i cant se how you can move to a country with a skilled tradesmen qualification visa to live but they dont even recognise your skills to get a licence to work in that industry, stupid. if anyone knows of someone/tafe that can just tell me in what areas i can get a contractors licence to start with i would be most happy, cheers