How much would an irish electrician earn in australia? how hard would it be to set up your own company?

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How much would an irish electrician earn in australia? how hard would it be to set up your own company?

Answer 1

If you have Australian residency,it will be quite easy to set up your own company.

My husband become self employed straight away when he came to Australia from Ireland.(he's a carpenter)

All you need to do is go to the nearest tax office to you and get a tax file number and a ABN number(you need the ABN number if your going to be self employed).Your tax file number and your ABN number can be given to you straight away.

You also need to get a health and safety card and insurance,which doesn't cost that much(my husband pays around $70 per month for insurance).

My husband has a few friends that are self employed electricians,and they usually charge any where between $45 to $55 and an hour plus GST which is 10%.(and more for certain jobs).

If you know what state you are going to be living in ,you can book a place for your health and saftey card as the course isn't held every day,and you might have a to travel a bit to get to your cousre if you want to work straight away when you get here.My Husband had to travel 3 hours away where we are living to get to the course or he would have had to wait another 5 weeks before the course was available where we are living.

If you are able to do it,or know some one who can do it for you,placing a few adds in the local papers where you are going to living,would be worth while.my Mam placed a few adds for my husband 3 weeks before we were arriving and my Mam had heaps of phone calls.from those phone calls,my husband had 7 months worth of work.

If I can help you with any more imformation,feel free to email me.

Take care.

Answer 2

Your first step must be to get a visa. Only Electrician - Supervisor and Electrician - (Special Class) whatever that means are on the SOL (Skilled Occupation List). If you are one of those, that's a good start. If not, you will not be able to get a visa as they are only available to workers with skills in short supply in Australia. You must also pass a points test.

Got to http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-s... - check out the SOL, run through the points test and contact the Trades Recognition Authority (details at the end of the SOL document). Throughout Australia, electricians must be licensed and the TRA is the strating point for licensing of new arrivals. You should also access the Skills Matching Database from the .immi site to see if any employers are looking for someone with your skills.

If you qualify, you can be assured that there is a shortage of workers in Australia in your trade and you should be able to earn good wages. Go to http://www.careerone.com.au/ and http://www.seek.com.au/ and trawl around in there to see what's on offer.

Setting up a company isn't too difficult, but there is a certain amount of red tape as you'd expect. At the very least, you'll need to register a trading name and get an ABN (Australian Business Number) for GST (like VAT) purposes. You won't necessarily need to have a company in the legal sense of an Incorporated body, but that would restrict your liability to a degree. Get professional advice from a good accountant when you get here.