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The Wall of Fame
Our Wall of Fame page contains messages from people that have used their recently acquired mining knowledge. Gained through either Workready or the Introduction to Underground Mining DIY packages, to get themselves a start in the Hardrock Mining industry.
It just shows that if you know what is expected of you on site, then you have something to offer the employers.
If you want to see where the jobs are just type “underground” into seek and you will see all the jobs come up.
When you get your start, you can send a text, Facebook message or short video message, letting the team here at Underground Training know of your success and we will add you to the Wall of Fame.
I just wanted to say congratulations to Brad who got a job on Service Crew with and owner operator in NSW.
Brad used our Workready package to learn how the mine works and was originally going in for a Truck job. However, Brad was offered the job on service crew because of the knowledge he had gained from the training and some transferable skills in his current job, working for the shire.
This just shows it is more than possible to start in one of these positions if you know how the employers mine works.
Well done, Brad, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Daniel who just told us he got a job as an Underground Nipper through our Facebook page.
Daniel let us know he used the DIY package to learn how the mine works and make the changes to his resume to get his job. As you will read, he turned it around very quickly once he got his mining knowledge up to speed.
Well done, Daniel, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
I just wanted to say congratulations to Abdulnasir who got a job as an Underground Truck operator job at a mine outside Kalgoorlie.
Abdulnasir used our Workready package to learn how the mine works and got his job from Melbourne, relocating to Kalgoorlie after doing his interview and medical from Melbourne.
Well done, Abdulnasir, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Dean who did the Workready Training Package to get himself an Underground Truck job with one of the large contractors in Perth.
Dean wanted a career change to mining after having spent years in another industry. He was able to use the training to get his mining knowledge up to speed and get his job.
Well done Dean, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Dempsey who did the Workready Training Package to get himself a Underground Truck job with Macmahon.
Dempsey got his mining knowledge up to speed and using the shift boss as a mentor was about to put a plan together to get his job. You can see his story in the video attached, Retail to Mining
Well done Dempsey, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Tim who used the DIY Training Package to get himself an offsider job on the surface.
Tim gave one of our shift bosses a call to let him know that he had lined up his job (from Victoria) and was on his way over. After deciding to do the DIY package it only took a couple of weeks to get his start.
Well done Tim, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to David who used the DIY Training Package to get himself a Paste fill job.
David used our DIY package to learn how the mine works and that is how he got his job. You can read his text and see his video.
Well done David, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Jack who let us know he got a start on the Mill. Then went to a Nipper job and now is on service crew after 12 months in the industry in NSW.
Jack used our DIY package to learn how the mine works to get his job.
Well done Jack, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Sarah who let us know she got a job as an Underground Truck operator in NSW.
Sarah used our DIY package to learn how the mine works and make the changes to her resume to get her job.
Well done Sarah, I hope you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Danny who recently let us know he got offered a couple of jobs and is going to take the one with Northern Star.
He used the Workready package to prep himself for the job. Testing his mining knowledge with the Underground Training shift boss, so he knew he could hold a mining conversation with the employers in the interviews.
Well done Danny, I know you will have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Donald who recently let us know he got a start with Barminco as a Truck Operator. He used the Workready package to prep for the job and get his mining knowledge up to speed.
Well done Donald, I hope you will have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Oscar who let us know he completed the DIY package and got a start on Service Crew. He watched the video, bought the training, followed the instructions, yes sent out lots of resumes but got a great job.
Well done Oscar, hope you have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Dannie who recently emailed, to let us know she got a start on a truck underground. She is going to Mt Isa to make it happen, and use our Workready package to get her mining knowledge up to speed.
Well done Dannie, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Simon who recently emailed to let us know he got a start up at Mt Isa as a Truck Operator. He used the DIY package and followed the instructions to get his job.
Well done Simon, hope you have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Damian who did the sponsors Workready package. He just let us know he got a start as a Haul Truck driver.
Well done Damian, hope you have a long, safe and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations Jamie who did our Workready package and just got a start as an Underground Truck operator in NSW.
As you can read, he used the training to educate himself, giving him something to offer the employer and they hired him because of it.
Well done, hope you have a long, safe and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations Mike, who did our Workready package and just got a start with Aries Resources.
He used the training to make the jump into a mining role.
Well done, hope you have a long, safe and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Darcy who recently let us know she got a start with Barminco as a Truck Operator. She used the Workready package to her prep for the job.
Well done Darcy, I know you will have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Jimmy who did Underground Training’s Workready package a couple of months ago. He just let us know he finished his first swing on site.
Well done Jimmy hope you have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Michael who recently emailed, to let us know he got a start with an owner operator in the workshop as an auto sparky. He used the Workready package to help him prep for the job.
Well done Michael, I know you will have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Amanda who got a job a few months ago and has just been passed out as an Underground Truck Operator. Amanda used the sponsors Workready package to prepare herself.
She quickly hunted herself up a job and has been loving it (from the great reports I get) ever since.
Well done Amanda, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Beau who recently let us know he got a start as a Nipper with a Owner Operator Gold mine in Queensland. He used the Workready package to get his resume sorted and prepped for the interview, which he knocked out of the park. One interview one job, got to be happy with that!
Well done Beau, I know you will have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Navdip who let us know he got used the DIY Introduction to Underground Mining package to get a job on our YouTube channel. He later let us know that he got offered a number of jobs. You can read his comments that he sent in.
Well done Navdip I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Blake who used the DIY package to get a offsider job in QLD. It only took him a couple of weeks to get his start once he finished the training.
Well done Blake, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just want to say congratulations to Ian. He asked for some advice in one of our Australian Mining for New Starters groups and used the DIY package to get himself a job in NSW.
You can read the question he asked and see when he let us know he got his job.
We done Iain, hope you have a great career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Scott who used the DIY package to get a offsider job on the surface. He let us know that he is really enjoying his new job and thanked us for all the help.
Well done Scott I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Valentine who got a Truck job in NSW. You can read what Valentine said helped him get his start in the text he sent in.
Well done Valentine, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Bryn you let us know he got a job using our DIY Introduction to Underground Mining package. You can read the messages he sent in to us thanking us for the help and the reaction his shift boss had when he could speak the lingo on day one.
Well done Bryn, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Andrew who used the DIY package to get a Nipper job. He found us on our Facebook page Australian Mining for New Starters and let us know he did the training (DIY Introduction to Underground Mining) and got the job.
Well done Andrew, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Danny who got a start as a truck operator for an owner operator this week. Danny relocated to WA and tried for about 3 months to get in without luck. He signed up for the DIY package then upgraded to the Workready package a week later. After only 2 weeks of applying, he got his job.
Well done Danny, I know you will have a long and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Michael who called today (17/03/22) to let us know he got a start on the paste crew working for one of the big contractors.
He did our Workready package (with interview prep and a full resume redo) and got a start on paste crew FIFO of WA.
Well done Michael, we all hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Mustafa who let us know he got a start.
He used the payment plan to complete DIY then he upgraded to the Workready training package and got a start as a Nipper for a owner operator underground in WA.
So far he has been offered jobs from 5 different companies.
Well done Mustafa, we all hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Jonathan who let us know he got a start. It just shows that you need to talk to everyone like they can give you a job. You never know who’s advice the employers will take, to give you your start.
He did our training package (with interview prep and a full resume redo) and got a start as a Truck operator in WA.
Well done Jonathan, we all hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Sean who sent in this nice message.
He did our training package and just got a start as a Truck operator in NSW.
Well done Sean, we all hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Jonny who got a start last week after completing the DIY package then upgraded to Workready. You can read the message he on the YouTube video I gave him a shout out in.
Good luck Jonny hope you have a safe and profitable career.
We got this message from another happy person that got a job as an underground truck operator. They just wanted to be known as “Happy to be Underground” rather than use their name.
So well done Happy to be Underground, hope you have a safe and profitable career.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Bradley who did the Workready package a couple of months ago. He has got a Nipper job on one of the big mines around Mt Isa with one of the big owner operators.
Well done Bradley, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to John who did the Workready package a couple of months ago. He called to let us know that, once he pulled the trigger on sending his resume out, he got six interviews in 2 weeks. He ended up being offered 3 jobs and started last week as a Truck operator for one of the big contractors, FIFO of Perth.
Well done John, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Andrew who did our DIY Intro to Underground Mining course and just got a start as an underground Truck driver for one of the big contractors in NSW.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Cameron who did our Workready course and just got a start as underground Truck for the major owner operator in Kalgoorlie
Just wanted to say congratulations to Vanessa who did our Workready course and just got a start as an underground Truck for the major owner operator in Kalgoorlie.
Well done Vanessa!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Jack who did our DIY Introduction to Underground Mining course last year. He has just let us know, he has moved into an underground role as an Agi operator with a contractor in SA.
Well done Jack, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Jake who did our DIY Intro to Underground Mining course at the start of the year. It took a little while for the employment process to work its way through but Jake got a start as a Agi operator with one of the contractors in April 2021.
Well done Jake, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Andrew who did our Workready course last year. After being mucked around with the changing conditions of 2020, he just got a start as a Truck operator with one of the big contractors in March 2021!
Well done Andrew, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Rhys who did our DIY Intro to Underground Mining course and just got a start as a trainee on service crew in March 2021!
Well done Rhys, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Just wanted to say congratulations to Hayley who did our DIY Intro to Underground Mining course and just got a start on the service crew in February 2021
Just wanted to say congratulations to Ben who did our DIY Intro to Underground Mining course and just got a start as an underground driller offsider in January 2021
Just wanted to say congratulations to Alison who did our sponsors DIY Intro to Underground Mining course in November and just got a start as a Truck driver in QLD January 2021
Just wanted to say congratulations to Brett who completed the sponsors Workready package a couple of months ago
He has got his start and has been put on the Service Crew at one of the big base metal underground mines in QLD December 2020
Hope you have a long and profitable career
Just wanted to say congratulations to Mark who got a start as a truck driver for a gold mine FIFO from Perth in November 2020
He completed the sponsors Workready package and he used all the tools he was given to get a great result, you can see Mark’s comments on our sponsored YouTube channel Australian Mining for New Straters
Just wanted to say congratulations to Alex who completed the sponsors Workready program last year. He got in touch (November 2020) to let us know he got his start with one of the big contractors on a Truck driver.
It just goes to show if you are prepped for how the system works, it gives you all the tools to chase down your start.
Just wanted to say congratulations to Peter who got a start on the shotcrete crew for a QLD mine up north October 2020
He completed our Workready training and didn’t just chase one job down, but a couple, with different companies, he used all the tools he was given to get a great result
Well done Peter hope you have a long and profitable career
Congratulations to Jesse who used the DIY package to get a start as a Nipper, you can read his feedback from our sponsored YouTube channel
Well done, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Congratulations to Darien who starts on site as an Offsider August 2020. He completed the DIY training, changed his resume and kept applying. After 3 months of applying he landed the job he wanted
Well done Darien
Just wanted to say a big congratulations to Rob who has got a start as a underground truck operator through the sponsors partnership program in January 2020
He used the sponsors DIY package to get his mining knowledge up to speed and once you can answer the mining questions in the interview then you have something to offer the employers.
Rob followed the advice, casting a wide net and he kept applying till he got his start, well done mate just goes to show what you can do for yourself with the right information
Congratulations to Sam who has a start on a truck after completing the Workready program.
Sam applied to our partnership program from NSW, doing the medical and getting his letter of offer before making the long drive over to Kalgoorlie.
Well done, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Congratulations to Simon who completed Workready has a start as a Truck operator on what is going to be one of the biggest underground hardrock gold mines on earth.
Great long term job, in a lovely part of the world and again it was all about learning the information, then casting a wide net applying for jobs daily.
Well done, hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Congratulations to Greg who got himself a start on paste crew
Greg completed our Workready package, using it to expand his mining knowledge and come up with a plan on how to get his job
Coming from a shop fitting back ground, Greg has that life experience that lots of employers are once again looking for
Well done hope you have a safe, long and profitable career!
Kev (WA) completing the Workready program and with no previous mining experience has shown that once you get your mining knowledge up to speed its all about applying daily and taking the opportunity when it presents itself. Well done!
After completing the Workready program in March 2019 and with no previous mining experience Gideon (WA) impressed during interviews with his mining knowledge developed through the course. He was fortunate to be offered TWO entry level roles! Well done Gideon!
Matt from QLD recently completed our online Workready program in November 2018. He has successfully gained employment as an Underground Truck Driver with a gold producer in Kalgoorlie commencing December 2018. Well done Matt.
After hearing us on 6PR, John completed our Workready program. Since completing the program, John has been successful in gaining his start as an Underground Truck Driver for a gold producer in Kalgoorlie through our Partnership Program. He will commence his new role in December 2018.
Mick got his start with a Contractor on a BHP site in WA after completing Workready November 2018
Angelo got his start with our Partnership program at a mine just outside of Kalgoorlie after completing Introduction to Underground Mining DIY November 2018
Paul got his start with a large Copper owner operator in the north of WA after completing Workready October 2018
