Mining Tickets Explained: Why There’s No National System
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 help explain this I have done a series of short videos explaining how it all works.
You only have to type “underground” into Seek to see all the production mining jobs come up and you will see that no one is asking for equipment tickets (apart from the unionised coal mines in QLD). Lets have a look at the WA WHS Regulations (Mines) legislation 675 BA & 675 BB, it says that a Person Conducting Business or Undertaking PCBU must undertake site inductions for new workers and ensure the competency of each works as outlined below
As you can read the employers must have;
“given adequate information, training and instruction in safety procedures and systems of work and in the tasks required of the worker; and
assessed before commencing work at the mine to ensure that the worker is competent to perform the tasks required of them and to operate any plant the worker will be required to operate”
This is why every mine I’ve worked on (I started as a Nipper at the end of 1994) has required its own onsite induction and machinery tickets, none of which are transferable. This means that the RII Tickets that are being sold as Mining Qualifications or ‘mining friendly’ to “help you get a job” are just a waste and being sold to you by someone that doesn’t really understand the industry and what is required or they are deliberately deceiving you..
This means that employers will issue on site equipment tickets for each new worker to show that they have assessed their competency to operate the machine. In these 4 short videos I outline how that works and has worked across my mining career.
In this episode I talk about how you must be ticketed for each model number of machine, even if they are the same. I use my experience with the trucks we had on site, the Toro 50 and 50 D trucks and how even though they were the same truck because of the different model number, required a different ticket.
In this episode I talk about how you are ticketed on site. Who does the training, who gives out the ticket, how long it takes and everything else you need to know.
. In this episode I talk about what happens when you move sites. How they will assess you on site and the timeline for getting you out on your own.
In this episode I talk about how they will train you onsite, in the truck and how they won’t pull the truck out of production to do it.
So how do you help people get Mining jobs?
Underground Training, does training for the entry level jobs that are in the Hardrock underground mining industry. You only need a manual license; you don’t need any equipment tickets. As shown above the employers we deal with have to issue their own onsite equipment tickets and procedures. The jobs are Nipper, Truck Operator, Service Crew, Paste Crew, Agi or Diamond Driller Offsider all starting at $90K a year or more.
Presently, employers are looking for entry-level people on all underground Gold and Copper mines around Australia. They all have the same problem, teaching someone to drive the truck is the easy part. Teaching them enough about how the mine works, so they can be left alone to drive the truck on their own, that’s the hard part and why there is a high turnover of new starters. Knowing how the mine works is a skill all employers need their employees to have (which most new starters overlook).
So, if you can show the employer that you know how their mine works and what’s going to be expected of you working on their mine site, then you have something to offer them. Showing the employer that you understand the culture, language, know their “systems of work” it’s a huge advantage and puts you 6 to 8 weeks ahead of everyone else they are interviewing for these jobs. This is all about setting yourself up for success in the industry and being ready to be thrown in the deep end.
When you sign up for our DIY introduction to underground mining training package, you get full instructions on how to redo your resume (it takes about 2 hours to do yourself), interview prep questions, as well as a mining company to apply to directly. If you want your resume done for you checkout our 3 Step Plan package.
If you want help getting in, they also do a Workready package, where you get a ticketed WA shift boss to help you with the mining information, redo your resume, interview prep and come up with a plan of where and how to get in.
If you’ve got any questions or if you’d like to talk to someone, please follow this link
Or call 1300 609 119 to find out more.
Hope that info helps
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