Asking for a reality check
So basically what I am asking is to get opinions from people who know more than I do.
I am 38yo male from Finland. I have been kind of stuck on my current job so I started to do research about working somewhere else and I have narrowed the possibilities down to Australia. NZ would be fine as well, but they have more or less the same problem as Finland where there just aren't job opportunities.
So my question is more or less if my set of skills and experience would be something Australia wants and needs? I'm not planning to come over to be a freeloader.
I'm more or less a truck driver. Class CE license and the official truck drivers vocational qualification certificate. Closest thing in Australia would HR license.
I'm not really planning to come over to be just another truckie. That's where my expertise and experience comes in. Since 2020, I have worked in heavy industry operating vacuum pressure equipment/vehicles. Working full time in a hazardous waste facility. A lot of experience in shutdowns. Regularly working in enclosed and ATEX spaces. I guess I am a glorified cleaner. At least to some extent. I have also a lot of experience with UHP equipment up to 3000bar/40.000PSI.
I have been operating a quite a bit of different kind of equipment:
- Vac trucks
- Dry vac trucks (Ampihitec, Disab)
- High pressure washers/blasters up to 3000bar (Woma, Denjet, Falch)
- Different kind of personnel lifts
- Hook lift trucks
- Some minor experience driving a B-double
3 years of experience working as leading hands at the same job.
I know there are a lot of things to take into consideration, but for now I just want to know if there is any reason to even try. I'm doing fine as it is, but I just don't like the direction Finland is heading so I want to try something before it is too late. As for why Australia and not something like Norway which is closer? Mostly that I don't care to learn another language. The other would be climate. If you have ever tried to work with water when it is -25°C you would know what kind of BS it is. There are more reasons but those two alone are enough for now.