apprentise

[SWE_Karl]

hi, first of al i want to say thansk you every one ho told me about the 2.3.1 thin on the T-shirt.
no to anouther problem.
i send a pm to a gay frome Oz, ( Oz= Australia ) and asked him if he knew anny more in Oz. after this 2year in shool, i´m done whit shool and don´t kino what do do. looking på a place to work as an apprentice and isted of money i get payed in food and a bed ( don´t know the special word for it) wounder if anny of you know were in australia i can find the smiths?? and how to contackt them.

chill-out\\ swe_karl

[Glenn]

Blacksmith Location Map is a place to start.

IForgeIron is visited by several fellows from Oz that may be better able to advise you as they live there.

Where are you located in Oz and how far are you willing to travel ? This makes some difference in the information you get back. After all, one fellow from Oz said that although it is an island, it is a BIG island. Something about being too far to drive to be able to fish from both the east coast and west coast in the same day. :shock:

[SWE_Karl]

Glenn:
hi and thanks for notis my problem.. agian :roll:
no i´m not lockated in Oz, i live in Sweden( maybe forgot to whrit that, sry) , but i´d love to go to that "small" iland. always dreemd about it and still do. know it´s a huge iland but it´s and a looong way to every thing a 21year old boy wants. but.. don´t know how to spell the word i´m looking for.... hope you understand me if i say: i want, dessert, horses, an forge, a bead and a camera, be free to use the horses when ever i want to.

tryed the location map, but it didn´t work. will try it to morrow again.
\\ swe_karl

[Glenn]

Map works from here. No hits from Sweden though.

A google search turns up several Swedish blacksmiths, but it is also written in Swedish so I can not give you directions, as I only understand the pictures :wink:

[Strine]

Strine here Karl...Australian down to my bootlaces. Is the word you are looking for "Jackaroo". A jackaroo is a young bloke who works in the "Outback" on cattle stations or sheep runs. These are large farms or as the Americans say ranches. Some are a millions of acres in area where they run cattle at less than one to the acre. Lots of horses, lots of desert and they provide bed and lodging. There is usually some sort of blacksmith shop on each property since in the outback it is often a matter of self suffiency. You want it, you probably have to make it.

A jackaroo hopes to learn how to run a station and works at all sorts of jobs not just blacksmithing.

[SWE_Karl]

Hello again. when i´m reading all the replay´s about the an "apprentice place" i Oz, it seams to be no luck at al i´m now woundering if anny one know where it´s possibly to find anny farms\ranches that Strine toled med about?? anny websit??
done a google search,,found nothing.

my good luck aint whit me anny more :cry: \\ swe_karl

[Ed Thomas]

I know you were asking about Australian apprentice/helper jobs but thought I'd also point out this link to forging sites in your own country of Sweden:

http://katalogen.sunet.se/cat/busine...st_blacksmiths

For Australia, try this:

http://jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook/d...&AscoCode=9929

If that doesn't help, do a Google search using a pattern such as:

Australia + farm + apprentice

[Strine]

I did a quick Google search for "jackaroo jobs". Here are two sites that talk about employment on station properties. If that's what you want. I say again a jackaroo does not dedicate all of his time to blacksmithing, in essence he is an apprentice Station Manager.

http://www.jumbuckpastoral.com/
http://www.pastoral.com/recruitment.html

Then I searched for "apprentice blacksmith australia" and found this

http://tinyurl.com/a5acxurl

You will need to put all this on one line with no gaps

It's an "Iron Art Traineeship" in Wagga Wagga (pronounced Wogga Wogga) which is in central New South Wales. Er don't ever call Wagga Wagga Wagga :wink:


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[ThomasPowers]

Don't forget to investigate immigration issues! We have several new collegues here in the states whose wives cannot legally work as they are in on a "wife" visa.

Thomas

[Strine]

True enough Thomo. But you shouldn't have any worries if your a fine upstanding citizen of your country, have a bachelor's (master's would be better) degree in something or other and a couple of trade certificates :lol: Otherwise hide yourself away in a leaky boat fit only to sail on a small lake, and even then only close to the shoreline and we will treat you like the queen no questions asked. The Government will provide your board and lodging for a couple of years in the desert which is what you are after and then you are home and hosed :x

Don't know what happened to the art iron job link cos it doesn't work for me now. Ah well :cry:


Ah! that's a neat trick. Try this

http://tinyurl.com/dxqxu