Mining Tickets Explained: Why There’s No National System One of the biggest misconception people have about getting a production mining job is that they will need national equipment tickets. When the reality is (apart from the unionised coal mines in QLD) all the employers around the country must issue their own onsite equipment tickets. To
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The New Mining Boom Jobs There is a huge job boom going on in all the Underground Gold and Copper mines around the country. It’s so big that it reminds me of the big Iron Ore boom of the late 90’s (Surface Truck Drivers) and the Oil and Gas boom (TA’s and Tradies) that went
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Conflating Mining Jobs Lately a workday doesn’t seem to go past without me talking to someone that has conflated the requirements for a mining job… and when I refer to mining job, I’m talking about actual production mining jobs. People trying to shove a square peg into a round hole and then getting upset when
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Defining a Mining Job There are a number of people conflating the different jobs that happen within the industry to new starters looking for a career. With the advice to “just get your foot in the door” given. However not all mining jobs are the same with a mining production role very different to the
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