mark.w Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Just a quick heads up to the increase in fees for migrant gap in plumbing the government have withdrawn funding and mpa have stopped running any plumbing and gas courses the only place that still run the courses is challenger in Fremantle the cost for the migrant gap coarse is approx $3200 plus books takes three weeks full time. I know you need to have it to work but is a lot of time and money to teach you to suck eggs the cost prior was$700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Sounds like migrating plumbers need to start lobbying the institute, politicians, immi and whoever else who can apply some pressure to stop you being ripped off or prevented by unreasonable charges from working in a trade in which you are already qualified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraighttothePoint Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 But they are not qualified in terms of WA state rules and regulations in relation to gas and plumbing and I assume they need to be. Not saying arise from $700 to $3200 is right but surely there is a difference otherwise there would be no gap training required? Or is there absolutely no difference at all? Or is it an ego thing and there is a difference but nobody wants to admit it? Or is it that health and safety run the roost and are forcing the governing bodies to put this training in place? Reason I ask is that for years I have read these types of similar posts on here, never commented because I have never appreciated the actual basics of it all so would be good to hear the facts to help with the understanding of it all. Not just for me but for other casual observers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmacl Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Well I don't unblock toilets for a living. But those who do are told by immigration there is a high demand for plumbers and then arrive here to find that they must spend a fortune and are unable to easily find work. I am an electrician and we get it even worse, we have to train for 1 year upon arrival and it finishes with a trade test the same as Aussie apprentices do despite passing all the criteria to get in the country. Now I accept that there are differences but they are not hugely different. Put it this way during my years gap training i was taught LOL! how to wire sockets and lights in a house the same way as they did in the 60s in the UK, and had to cover a lot of electrical theory stuff that I had forgotten from when I was in my teens. They never once touched on anything to do with lndustrial, Commercial installations. So did my gap training teach me anything seeing as i don't do electrical work in houses? It taught me that the reality of being a spark or plumber over here is very different from the dream that we are sold in the UK. You are not told of these requirements by the DIAC or migration agents. I knew before I arrived because of forums like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjim007 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Hi by gap training do you mean plumbing licence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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