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HLJHLJ · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: Ecuador

My guess is that by the time you have the experience to get certified, and the contacts to actually get the work, it's not such an attractive option anymore. If you've stuck around long enough to build up your reputation and you have a good network, you will have other equally lucrative options available to you.

Perilla · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 792 Location: Hong Kong

Tudor · Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 339

I was reading the "other equally lucrative options" as referring to well-paid full-time jobs therefore negating the need to supplement income with part-time work. Dunno - care to elaborate HLJx2?

Unlike some, I'm not particularly interested in the money side of it, although of course I'd be lying if I said it wasn't welcome. No, for me, it's more of an opportunity to add another string to my bow. In the future, I may head to countries where the EFL market is much smaller than where I am now (Indonesia) so being an IELTS examiner would, I hope, make me more marketable. I assume that once you're an IELTS examiner, you can do it in any country, subject, of course, to a test centre's willingness to offer you work.

HLJHLJ · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: Ecuador

Sorry, I wasn't meaning to get anyone's hopes up! I don't have any tips for well paid part time work. I wasn't really thinking of part time work at all. More that if you have a well paid weekday job, giving up your weekends for a few hundred dollars extra is probably a less attractive option than if you are struggling in a low paid job. So the closer you get to being able to earn those extra dollars, the less likely you are to really need them.

smedini · Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 178

Perilla · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 792 Location: Hong Kong

Sashadroogie · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:22 am Post subject:

As far as I know, in the UK all types of IELTS training have to be paid for by the examiners - initial training and every certification after that. Again, this seems to depend on local conditions.

Perilla · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 792 Location: Hong Kong

smedini · Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 178

Perilla · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 792 Location: Hong Kong

Sashadroogie · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:56 am Post subject:

Again, as far as my limited knowledge goes, the general rule of thumb seems to be that if IELTS pays examiners a fairly decent rate, then they have to pay for the training. If the rate is abysmal, then you get the training for free, ura! (The observant amongst us will see that this difference is usually a case of swings and roundabouts, unless you do a lot of IELTS examining at a high rate of pay...)

Perilla · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 792 Location: Hong Kong

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I was quite surpised when halfvway through our training in Manama in Bahrain, we were told that we had to pay a fee. Seemed a bit tight to me. As I later came to learn MON EY is at the centre of ther whole operation ! i am pleased to be out of it, although I did get some kudos from my positiuon as an IELTS Examiner.

(The fee in Bahrain was, I think, 30 Bahraini Dinars or US$80 for Speaking - and the same for Writing.)

smedini · Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 178