Ladies and gentlemen, lads n lasses. I was speaking to Mrs d's cousin the other day who is the service manager/former head mechanic at a big VW dealership over here in Australia. He was telling me of the dearth of decent mechanics in the game and the fact the industry was having to rely on immigrants from the far east who shall we say weren't quite living up to their billing.
In the past 12 months he has taken on three Irish lads in the workshop and an Irish girl behind the counter.
Now I am not sure what the situation is back home for jobs in the motor trade but they are screaming out for good trades people out here as evidenced by the various Aussie job sites.
Now this won't be for everyone but anyone up the age of 30 is able to come here and get a working visa and their are plenty of jobs. There were 250 posted in the last 7 days on here www.jobseeker.com.au/Mechanic-jobs from Bondi to Ballarat.
What I am saying is a couple of years traveling isn't the preserve of the middle classes or university gap year kids. Hey, you might like it settle here, you never know.
This is a genuine oppo for skilled people and I include those over 30 to come here and live. Motor mechanics are on the wanted list of skilled immigrants on the Department of Immigration & Citizenship website www.immi.gov.au/skilled/sol/#a
So if you fancy some sun, an optimistic outlook and you can deal with people speaking with an inflection at the end of every freakin sentence, get yer arses down here.
Also, as evidenced by the exponential number of body repair yards per capita round these parts, there's plenty of work for tradespeople in this game. Repair shops are more common than milk bars which isn't surprising because these lot have got to be the worst drivers in the western speaking world. Love this place and they're good people but honest to goodness, they're freakin useless behind the wheel.
In the past 12 months he has taken on three Irish lads in the workshop and an Irish girl behind the counter.
Now I am not sure what the situation is back home for jobs in the motor trade but they are screaming out for good trades people out here as evidenced by the various Aussie job sites.
Now this won't be for everyone but anyone up the age of 30 is able to come here and get a working visa and their are plenty of jobs. There were 250 posted in the last 7 days on here www.jobseeker.com.au/Mechanic-jobs from Bondi to Ballarat.
What I am saying is a couple of years traveling isn't the preserve of the middle classes or university gap year kids. Hey, you might like it settle here, you never know.
This is a genuine oppo for skilled people and I include those over 30 to come here and live. Motor mechanics are on the wanted list of skilled immigrants on the Department of Immigration & Citizenship website www.immi.gov.au/skilled/sol/#a
So if you fancy some sun, an optimistic outlook and you can deal with people speaking with an inflection at the end of every freakin sentence, get yer arses down here.
Also, as evidenced by the exponential number of body repair yards per capita round these parts, there's plenty of work for tradespeople in this game. Repair shops are more common than milk bars which isn't surprising because these lot have got to be the worst drivers in the western speaking world. Love this place and they're good people but honest to goodness, they're freakin useless behind the wheel.
It's just a shame you have such strict modification rules down under
