EBME Forums Forums Management Recruitment Moving to New Zealand as Biomedical Technician

Yes, there was (is) a guy on this forum. I forget his name, but I'm sure Huw will be able to conjure it up!

Meanwhile, have you checked-out these earlier threads?

PS: I may have been thinking of Dom. But I see he is now in Queensland, not NZ.

Hi Geoff

Remember our old mate Billy McDougal? Moved from the Western in Glasgow to Saudi then bounced over to New Zealand as a Med Gas/ Anaethetics bio med. He's still out there as far as I know.

Regards
Terry H

Oh yes, one of the infamous Glasgow Clones, as someone rather irreverently named them.

(but ... can you still name the others?)

Hi Geoff & Terry

Yes, I have checked out the previous threads. There is helpful information in this forum. Also I have had some good conversations with a couple of managers of EBME departments in NZ. Would it possible for me to get in touch with Billy McDougal you mentioned?

Regards,
Edwin.

Edwin

Sadly the last I heard regards Billy was from our Service Manager based in Australia. He was at that time getting considerable flak from a chap in New zealand responsible for Med Gas -- it just happened to be my old mate Billy. This was about 4 years ago and our Australian manager has moved on and Billy's e-mail address has been lost in the void. If you have a contact out there its possible they will know him ( big country yet not too highly populated.

Geoff -- 3 other Glasgow Clones were .......

Graham Crawford -- get a Xmas Card from him & Katie most years.
Harry Lee --- disappeared to a croft on the Western Isles
Ronnie Aitkin -- Last heard from him 8 years ago.

Hi! Can always try facebook search as well. Good Luck!

Terry.

I think I find Harry's Game the most appealing!

Cheers

Geoff

Hi Geoff
Guessed you would!!!

Hi All

I moved to NZ from the bad old UK in '92. At the time I had no experience in Biomed - may be if I had i would not have been so disapointed by England (remember by 92 Thatcher had stuffed up England,unemployment was highand it rained a lot!!).

I was trained in Marine radar and telecommunications in Plymouth College of further Education - any one remeber Chris Partington? then GEC avionics in Basilbon, then fax machine servicing in greater London, then back to Plymouth to Texas instruments.

I got to NZ in '93 (had a year in OZ first), I then applied and subsequently got a job as a Biomed in Tauranga and have not looked back since. I have moved about a bit but am now back in Tauranga and manager of the department.

I am unsure of the immigration criteria - so check out the immigration NZ website.

If you are looking for position as a Biomed in NZ, do not make the mistake in looking at the salary and then converting to pounds - it don't work out very well. Still fight for as higher a salary as possible.

As mentioned before in this thread - trademe jobs is a good website, as is monster.co.nz also NZ herald - try 'em all.

We are all busy people, but feel free to drop me line (I may take while to get back to you) but i'll do my best to help out.
My email is philippage@bopdhb.govt.nz

Oh well better get back to the BBQ and the beers - still got the arvo' to go before knock orf....

Phil Page

Nice one, Mate. I envy you.

I also escaped the so-called United Kingdom back in 1993. But due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm now back in this *Sceptred Isle, and becoming more fed up with it all as each day passes. Something's gonna have to give soon, I can feel it coming!

In fact I keep asking myself:- "what have I done to deserve this"?

* Yeah, the sceptre of Hades, that is.