scaffolding jobs in Canada

[sam g]

Originally Posted by scaffolding alex

hi im alex im a scaffolder expat based in belguim im looking to hook up with a crew can you help

hi alex my names sam where do u mean in belguim alex because i am looking 2 move abroad 2 work.

[scaffolding alex]

Originally Posted by sam g

hi alex my names sam where do u mean in belguim alex because i am looking 2 move abroad 2 work.

hi there ask you have asked i lmive in belguim near antwerpen
and im looking for overseas projects and hoping to find a crew i can hookup with on a contract or on going project,

if you have any info regarding any companys looking for crews for scaffolding jobs

please let me know

many thanks

alex

[advanced_scaff]

hey any1 had any news about working over in canada. dont know if you lads have heard of it but theres a company called prc an irish lad called paul speak to he is very helpfull. but ive heard its gone very quiet there same as the uk at the moment.

if any 1 has any info about companys up in alberta please post.

cheers

[crete7]

Originally Posted by brrttpaul

now why cant I find a bricklayer like that lol.

Hi, I'm an Bricklayer, Stonemason, and General Builder, I'm presently in England,
but looking for an opportunity to move to Canada, due you know of any work
available?
Cheers Geoff

[Chelsea]

Steve,
My husband doesn't work in scaffolding but he's been doing it for their bricklayers for the last few months. The thing is, you have to check the CIC website (.gc.ca) and look at the skilled labor list to see if you fit the bill. The best thing for you to do is get on with a bigger company - they hire foreigners and they'll know how to help you and they'll know what you need to do for immigration purposes. I understand it is easier for people in the UK to immigrate than from outside the Commonwealth, but, from what I understand, you still have to go this route.

[chrisconvy_99]

Originally Posted by advanced_scaff

hey any1 had any news about working over in canada. dont know if you lads have heard of it but theres a company called prc an irish lad called paul speak to he is very helpfull. but ive heard its gone very quiet there same as the uk at the moment.

if any 1 has any info about companys up in alberta please post.

cheers

The company is called Pacific Coast and one of my good friends Eddie is a manager there. I came back from Vancouver in May, spent 9 months out there, I worked for Matakana, Thyssenkrupp Safway and Sky Hi Scaffolding.

I'm sorry but i have a reality check for you guys, with the current climate and recession Canada will not issue a work permit to a scaffolder, it is not on the noc list and is not classed as a skilled job, 2 of us went over there with our cisrs tickets but they dont mean **** over there. With regards to Aluma/ Steeplejack etc, you have to be in the Union, if i remember rightly they are both part of the International, lots of the others are part cmaw, i have good links with both Unions and am on first name terms with most people that work for them in Vancouver anyway.

We came home because the government would not reissue our LMO with another company's name on even though we still have until October 2010 on our current one. I was working for one of the best companies in the union called Sky Hi, the lads are great and the money is very very good as well, they are part of cmaw and Doug Trotman is the Manager there.

Good luck guys in finding work but the only way you will get it is if you gain residency. I have a guaranteed job there for life but that makes no difference whatsoever to the government (as we found out to our dismay).

Just one other thing, stay the hell away from MATAKANA STAGING AND SEATING, they will offer you an illegal work permit, they brought us over and made us post our tools over so that immigration wouldnt suspect anything, we worked illegally for a few weeks while they assessed us. They then offered us an LMO, Regan who is the secretary set it all up and Nick Shaw who owns the company knew all about it. Then one day he just decided he didnt want us to work for him anymore and gave us 1 days notice. This left us in a foreign country with no job. Total and utter CNUT he is. Stay away, I'm happy to have named and Shamed them.