This says it all.
Calling you on your bullshyte is not personally insulting you, it's calling you on your bullshyte.
Nice to see you admit your lies.
Nice of you to assume that our Portuguese friend falls into that category.
Actually no lies at all GerryH.
It's you who doesnt know what he is talking about.
You said in a general that I didnt know what I was talking about.
Here is what I said.
If you have a criminal record in Portugal, forget about it.
Are you willing to work 12 hour a day/7 day a week rotations outside in -30C weather?
Are you willing to be on call 24/7/365?
Are you willing to work on dodgy 600V circuits in the pouring rain or snow?
Are you willing to work for a lower pay scale than presently exists in the EU?
Yes or No?
First off Gerry we don't give convicted criminals visa's to Canada.
Most of the sponsored Trades jobs in Canada are in the resource extraction game.
Mines, pipelines, refineries, oil sand sites, gas and oil production sites, stuff like that.
Question 1: are you willing to work 12 hour a day/7 day a week rotations outside in -30C weather?
Many, many Tradesmen work 12/7 shifts on 10, 14 or 20 day rotations, pretty much all remote plant, mine and O&G operations are on rotation.
Who doesn't think a Tradesman may have to work outdoors from time to time?
If you are on a newbuild or development project there may not be much heat (sometimes just a few Herman Nelson's) and guess what, you continue to work.
Lots of Linesman are dual ticket Electricians, guess what they work outside, even in winter all day long.
How do some people think that outdoor electrical circuits and controls are installed anyway?
Question 2: Are you willing to be on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year.
As to being on call 24 hours a day.
Pretty common stuff when your the senior on call guy.
Thats what being on call means.
The 365 days a year is a bit of a stretch, most people get a few days off, unless your self employed but it could be said some people choose remain on call for very long stretches of time.
When I was in managment I was on call 24 hours a day, year round.
My buddy is a senior Drilling Manager for a big oil company that drills oil and gas wells all year long.
He is on call 24/7/365 days a year. Year in and year out.
When he goes on vacation out of the country, guess what, they still call him, night or day.
Question 3: are you willing to work on dodgy 600V curcuits in the rain.
If the circuit wasn't dodgy an Electrician wouldn't need to check it.
1000 HP General Electric 600VDC motors are common as dirt on most large plant or construction sites and so are the circuits that feed them.
Tradesman work in the snow and rain all the time on construction sites or new builds.
I never said they didn't lock out hot circuits, they do, and then they work on them, in the rain and snow.
Question 3: Are you willing to work for a lower pay scale than in the EU?
Pay scales vary across the EU and Europe.
By and large EU and European pay scales tend to be higher than in Canada.
This would apply to Tradespeople and Electricians.
So where exactly are the lies GerryH?
Or is it the part where I said to research Oil Sands or O&G companies career sections for possible job availabilities.
Or is it the bit where I advised keeping your resume short and not lying about your qualifications?
Where exactly are the lies GerryH?
Some folks just don't seem to realize that some other people work pretty darn hard for their money.
Must be nice to have led some kind of sheltered, protected life and never have had to work long hard hours at a tough job.
When I worked on offshore semi- sub drilling platforms in the North Sea we called our Brit Electricians Sparkie's.
Two Sparkies to a rig, both working 12 hour shifts and both on call 24 hours a day as required.
When the main lighting wiring failed on the 200ft tall drilling mast guess who went up there to fix it?
The weather in the northern North Sea in January can be, to say the least, extreme but if the wind speed is below legal shutdown speeds, then it's "up you go lad".
And when the SCR gensets start to act up and threaten to shut down the $500,000 dollar a day operation guess who gets out of bed and works for as long as it takes?
So GerryH I will accept your apologies for your slurs and false accusations.
How are you coming along with helpful advice for our OP?
You being so knowledgeable on the topic and all.