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Electrican papers ... What are they worth in the States.

  • 24-07-2012 03:10PM
    #1
    hedzball
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    Thinking of moving away for a year or so.

    Quailified electrician. Dont want to follow the herd to Oz nor work in a huge group of them either..

    Looking at colorado (springs/denver) area and just wondering what my papers are worth to me (if anything at all :rolleyes:)

    Worked for a major group of hotels at the moment as a maintenance manager. Plenty of jobs in hotel maintenance for $17-22/hr.

    The electricians jobs advertise as "journeyman" positions?. :confused:







    'hdz


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  • #2
    dave2pvd
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    hedzball wrote: »
    Thinking of moving away for a year or so.

    Quailified electrician. Dont want to follow the herd to Oz nor work in a huge group of them either..

    Looking at colorado (springs/denver) area and just wondering what my papers are worth to me (if anything at all :rolleyes:)

    Worked for a major group of hotels at the moment as a maintenance manager. Plenty of jobs in hotel maintenance for $17-22/hr.

    The electricians jobs advertise as "journeyman" positions?. :confused:


    'hdz

    Journeyman typically means union work. Which also means that you have US qualifications.

    I'm not familiar with electrician exams in the US. I do know that in some states (Georgia) there are lots of unlicensed electricians. They would not be journeymen. How to 'convert' your qualification: I honestly don't know. Perhaps, like engineering, there are equivalency exams?

    To add: great location you have selected.


  • #3
    silja
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    Being "just" an electrician isn't going to get you a visa if that is what you mean. You'd need to be in a very specialised field.


  • #4
    hedzball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭hedzball


    silja wrote: »
    Being "just" an electrician isn't going to get you a visa if that is what you mean. You'd need to be in a very specialised field.

    Could I swing it by saying maintenance manager/person :confused:

    See ALOT of jobs advertised in that field.


  • #5
    silja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭silja


    No... that tends to be less qualified than a licensed electrician.
    Keep in mind it costs an employer $5000+ to get your visa, so apart from the law regarding who can get a visa, they are also unlikely to get you one unless you have skills they truly cannot get in country.


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