[jailhouse]

After many weeks googling, i have finally come across a site that is useful.

Now that i am retired, the wife (Fay) and i are looking for a new adventure and have been looking at NZ for a long time. Having to find a source to convert my military quals to civilian equivelants and will the fill out my EOI.

Hope i can rely on the knowledge of all you good people on here.

jh

[StevieD]

Welcome to the forum - you'll find lots of useful info and help on here. Good luck

Steve

[saabmania2]

Hello and welcome, :raebanana
lots and lot's of lovely people here with tonnes of useful info, just feel free to ask anything (within reason :laugh ) don't worry if anything you need to ask seems silly it's probably not there will always be someone that can help.
all the best
Paul
hooray another new member :raebanana :raebanana

[Nienke]

Welcome to the forum Jailhouse, and good luck with the plans! :cheers

[Ana&Steve]

Hello and welcome! This is definitely a great place for the answers to your questions! :)
Ana

[jailhouse]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome :-)
Spent many hours now browsing the forum and have filled a few A4 pages with the information gathered (spinning already) so hopefully all will go smoothly!

jh

[StevieD]

When you say military qualifications, what you mean? No jokes please guys!

I mean, did you study weapons or electronics or similar things? Not sure about the NZ Quals Authority but it may be worth having a look at their website.

And you mentioned retirement, I think there are restrictions on retiring to NZ, sure somebody will be able to help you on that.

Good luck

Steve

[Caroline and Dave]

Just like to add a warm welcome from us to the forum

All the best

Dave and caroline

[jailhouse]

When you say military qualifications, what you mean? No jokes please guys!

I mean, did you study weapons or electronics or similar things? Not sure about the NZ Quals Authority but it may be worth having a look at their website.

And you mentioned retirement, I think there are restrictions on retiring to NZ, sure somebody will be able to help you on that.

Good luck

Steve

Steve, no jokes really. I trained as a specialist trainer (Training the Trainer) - Office Management and IT at Cranfield University which gave me IT Practitioner Qual (Mil) - Electronics Signals - Range Management (teaching soldiers how to shoot) etc.

I already have NVQ Level 3 in Administration, D32/33 Assessor, IBT etc, a Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Management and am awaiting to see if my other quals grant me a Graduateship from the City & Guilds Institute, but i have not seen anything on the NZQ site.

As for retirement, that is from the Mil, not what i want to do in NZ, i am still too young (42) to let the grass grow beneath my feet ;-) although some say i look older with a head of pure silver coloured hair.

Thanks for your input.
jh

[StevieD]

LOL, welcome anyway jh, good luck. I was lucky, I did all my quals in civvy street even though I worked for the MOD for a while...so I had no problems.

Same age, so you well within the ballpark as far as emigration is concerned.