I'm going to Australia (NSW) in a couple of months on a working holiday visa and need to know exactly what i need before getting a job on a site as a excavator driver i.e cards tickets ect. This is my job here so I have experience
By and large you won't get a job as an excavator driver whilst on a working holiday visa. These visa's are designed for young people to visit our country and finance themselves whilst here by lightweight temporary employment. It is not a career move. Employers recognise this fact and are not, entirely realistically, interested in employing WHV people in employment such as this - particularly in today's economic climate. Re-evaluate your motives for coming here on a WHV before continuing.
You need to do an OHS course..Occupational Health and Safety course, and also be a member of the union before being allowed on site. Construction has slowed down, many workers in NSW have been layed off.
