International qualifications

[landadz]

Hi all,

 

I hope this is the right forum.

 

So I'm a Brit living in New Zealand.

I have 4 years experience climbing and NZ qualifications Level 4.

 

I'm thinking about moving back to the UK and I'm looking for advice on what I need to get going.

 

Firstly I'd like to know if my NZ qualms will be worth anything back in the U.K. Will I have to have the units transferred over to city and guilds units and is this even possible, or will I have to sit all my tickets again?

 

Or is it possible to go down another route like ISA? Perhaps this would be the best move if I plan on skipping between countries?

If so do the ISA qualifications substitute for city and guilds or do uk employers still require local quals?

 

Anyone on here who has done something similar? Any advice would be gold.

 

Thanks very much!!

[Stuart Phillips]

The basic line would be that qualifications are recognised by those people who are prepared to recognise them.  There are a good number of folk in the UK who haven't even got their heads around recognising the UK qualifcations that have been about in the last 15 years, so haven't got a hope of understanding that there might be some from NZ.

The  base line here, if you can find an employer who knows what they are about, is that you need to demonstrate that you have been 'adequately trained'.  Whether they are from NZ or the UK, the quals should be the thing that gets you on site.  The scrutiny of the supervisor ought to be the arbiter of whether you stay on site.  They have to make up their mind as to whether the ticket you hold is actually worth anything.

 

If you want to map your quals to the UK, then contact UK NARIC (www.naric.org.uk) who will do it... at a price.