im just finishing up school for electrical trades and am very interested in working in japan to help rebuild. dose anyone know how to do go about finding work over there? i know there probably not rebuilding just yet but will be realy soon.
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Try the Red Cross, they will be able to point you to who is recruiting.
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It is doubtful that any electricians are really needed over there. This is a fairly common occupation and there are plenty of electricians in Japan. Disaster recovery doctrine is to hire local people to do as much of the work as possible. Not only does this provide jobs but it reduces the amount of resources that need to be provided (remember that if you go over to assist - you will need to be fed, housed and provided with medical care). Another issue is that you have not been trained in disaster response doctrine. You do not know how to keep yourself healthy and safe in a disaster enviornment, you do not know who the disaster response system operates and how your role fits into it, you have not been trained in disaster communications (such as how to properly communicate via radio on a shared network), you do not speak the local language, etc. How to respond to a disaster is literally something you learn at the postgraduate level. (You get a four year college degree in a specific field - then you get a Master's degree in how that specialty functions in time of disaster.)
