I work in structural steel fabrication and construction, qualified boiler-maker here in Australia (Tasmania), 20 years in the game and 5 years in IT (up to remo

I work in structural steel fabrication and construction, qualified boiler-maker here in Australia (Tasmania), 20 years in the game and 5 years in IT (up to remote-hands for the likes of Akamai and Google), and now driving a 4kW fiber laser cutter. SkyMarshal's advice is sound. If you turn up, wearing steel cap books, an something resembling the appropriate clothing, and say something like "I can start now", I think you're in with a chance. Here in Australia, particularly Tasmania, it's been so hard to find people willing to turn most days of the week I'd say you could get a job here tomorrow (okay, maybe not Saturday) for any number of construction companies. My contact details are in my profile. I could potentially flick you some drawings for you to study so you'd be able to walk in and say "I can read a fabrication drawing and a marking-plan".