overhead lines man railway advice

kellymariekelly · #1 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 03:51 PM

hi my name is kelly,

i am a childminder here in the uk, my partner mark aged 40 is a linesman on the railway and has a lot of tickets over here and quite a bit of expereince on the railway. we have a daughter aged 4 .

we really would love to emigrate to aus.
i would really apprecialte some advice regarding marks tickets and skills that he has here and if they would be recognised over in australia. would he have to start all over again? does any one know any rail agencys? does any one know anyone over there that has this profession that has emigrated from uk. please any advise would be great .

what would this overhead linesman railway be listed under in respects to the list of needed work? what category .

thankyou

suzyt · #2 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 05:16 PM

Hi i know that you have probably already looked at this but i had a look on the internet there is a company i found called railwaypeople.com you have to type into your serch engine linesmen australia otherwise it will come up with the uk version, but once you get to the aussie one there is a forum and a job link that maybe of some use, if not so sorry to have wasted your time. good luck Suzy

suzyt · #3 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 05:18 PM

I also hear from my partner who thinks he is the book of every thing that childminding is also good for Australia if you are registerd.

suzyt · #4 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 05:21 PM

Oh and thinking about i shall find out who Nick is using to get us ou there. I shall be back

kellymariekelly · #5 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 05:29 PM

thanks i will look right now at the site . great.
regarding childminding . i am registered here in the uk but do you know if i would have to re register from scratch when austrailia , here in england it is ofsted , do you know who the bodie is in austrailia ?

thanks

suzyt · #6 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 05:34 PM

Not sure but its does come up as a points earner i shall have a look as we are in the throws of it ourselves, where are thinking about going or is it going to be where the job is sort of thing, thats how its worked out for us. We got 3 jbs in the pipe line and crossed our fingers bloody hard. I wil get back to youl

kellymariekelly · #7 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 05:38 PM

hi is your parner a linesman or does he work on the rail then ?

sikofbrit · #8 (**permalink**) 7th August 2008, 06:55 PM

hi

we to are wanting to take the plunge and my husband is in the same occupation, from what we can gather at the mo we've been looking into the eletrical poweline tradesperson on the sos list which you can apply for a 175 visa.
i haven't taken it any further yet so i don't no if its correct or not if you find anything else out please let me no

karen x

Dolly · #9 (**permalink**) 8th August 2008, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kellymariekelly

thanks i will look right now at the site . great.
regarding childminding . i am registered here in the uk but do you know if i would have to re register from scratch when austrailia , here in england it is ofsted , do you know who the bodie is in austrailia ?

thanks

Hi there,

I was a registered childminder back in the UK for over 10 years (and rued the day OFSTED took over!!!).

From what I have seen so far, childcare is in desperate need of people (but Childminder isn't on the SOL, only Childcare Co-Ordinator). They want at least a diploma in childcare to get a job at somewhere like an ABC Center. There is no such thing as a childminer, in the UK sense, here in Australia that is backed by your local council.

Dolly

kellymariekelly · #10 (**permalink**) 8th August 2008, 09:19 AM

hi dolly thanks for that , but still little ??

are you saying that there is no registered body in australia (like ofsted here)
what would i have to do to work at home with children? i love working in my own environment and would love to carry that on . is there no demand for childminders who work in there own home ?