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The following general information may assist your application. Please supply details covering the following issues:

1. It is important that we can maintain up to date contact details for you.  Professional Ex Pat Contractors and travellers are normally highly mobile and therefore difficult to locate, so please include and check the accuracy of a message number and an email address through which we can always trace you if you points of contact change.

2. As a technical placement agency, the vast majority of opportunities available to overseas candidates will be for highly specialised Contract Engineering/Construction projects, or off-shore Contracts where the location of a candidate is less critical. Companies give preference to local applicants for permanent vacancies in Australia due to Visa restrictions (see below). You should contact us on arrival for a preliminary interview and assessment to improve prospects of referral to our clients

3. An Agency cannot place you into employment in this country without verification of your eligibility to work here (a current work Visa). A temporary work Visa may enable you to obtain short-term Project/Contract work of less than three months duration with each employer, while traveling. To obtain these types of opportunities, apply on arrival in Australia to Agencies such as ours. Employers are unlikely to hire temporary personnel without a prior personal interview

4. Do remember that you are competing in a tight employment market where local candidates will have been interviewed and can expect first preference for employment opportunities. So it is important to provide sufficient detail in your resume to enable us to get a good appreciation of your special technical skills and capacity. A recent photograph, copies of main qualifications and references will be beneficial if you expect a client to hire you without meeting you

5. Overseas Engineering Qualifications need to be vetted by the relevant Australian Engineering body before being accepted here. In some cases you may need to upgrade qualifications to meet Australian Standards.  You may also need to get other Qualifications verified, or obtain relevant Licenses / Tickets before you can work in that field.  (eg:  Electrical qualifications need to be verified in the State in which you intend to work, and you also need to hold the relevant state's Electrical License before you can work with power).

6. Applicants seeking Engineering Design positions should familiarise themselves with our Design Standards and Codes (most are based on International Standards) - you can find details of these at the Standards Website  Copies of the Standards relevant to your Engineering discipline are also available from the Australian Government Printing Office

7. If English is not your first language, your ability to communicate fluently in English may become an issue for professional vacancies that require leadership of teams, client services and complex technical writing. You should accurately state your level of proficiency with English. Importantly, knowledge of other languages can be an advantage for certain overseas appointments. So please disclose other language skills if you wish use them and state preferred locations for work. Please note that most off-shore contracts will be in the Asia-Pacific region, and to a lesser degree in the Middle East

8. The logistics of your plans for arrival, information about whether you have made arrangements for accommodation etc will also be of special interest if you are seeking local projects and this needs to be clearly explained so we don’t waste your time with opportunities that won’t suit you.

RECENT CHANGES TO IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES

In order to obtain a position on the staff of an Australian company, the hiring employer must lodge a business sponsorship application with the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs. This entails validation of the hiring company’s legal status and their financial capacity to enter into the arrangement with an overseas candidate (including repatriation costs if the position does not work out).  The employer also has to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to training Australians for such a role, that the employment of the overseas candidate would be of benefit to Australia and finally that the position is a highly skilled one that is essential to the operations of the company. If all the above can be proven, a Visa application can be made.

The candidate must then prove they have the skills and qualifications to meet the criteria set by the company and also must meet certain health requirements. A candidate with a pre-existing health condition that could become a burden on the Australian Public Health System, you will be required to sign your agreement to cover all related costs.