Mining / Exploration Jobs

[JayVee]

Double post

[JayVee]

BHP also run a rail network. Pilbara Iron is Rio Tinto.

You're right, I meant Pilbara Iron, BHP or FMG......

[2JZR31]

Thanks fellas. Most of the guys I work with are on around 85-100K. So I would want a significant pay rise to leave my house and my life in Brisbane, specially if I was still to be working in signaling (which I am sick of big time).

I wouldn't mind a fly in fly out job if it meant I could still live here, and just go away for a week or few weeks at a time.

I would be willing to study if it meant a changing the field I work in providing it would lead to over 100K a year without working too much overtime. Exploration sounds quite interesting, unlike railway signaling.

[21OWA]

Dennis
my gf's dad is a sparky for Theiss up north
he is about to go up and start on teh lake vermont project i think
he is on roughly 135K for the year but its gate start
but you can claim your airfares back on tax
he works a 10-4 roster im pretty sure
if your a fully qualified sparky then there is HEAPS of jobs in the mines for you
that simply cant get enough of them

[redbucket]

EDIT:

Jumped the gun a little... will repost once the Seek ad goes up.

Cheers
Adam.

[YellowTerror]

I'm interested...what kind of qualifications are considered relevant? I have a degree in physics, is that close enough to be a possibility?

What sort of FIFO roster do you typically work? And of course, the big one, roughly what bracket salary would they be offering?

[Kyle]

Fuck There's good money in this mining shit!

[1uz-zte]

Would any tafe quals be suitable for this sort of work? Any tips on which tafe courses?

[redbucket]

I can't speak for other companies.... but not really. Any sort of experience with remote work/4WD maintenance and basic mechanical ability/work on minesites/trades etc will all help with work like this. Its a pretty specialised (but by no means difficult/hard work) field, and most of your skills required will come from training/learning on your feet.

Keep an eye on this thread though, hopefully will be some movement in a little while.

[sean]

If you're in Adelaide or Perth there's a certificate of Geoscience run out of the TAFE system, not sure on it's availability interstate.

If you're looking to get into the exploration game and have no experience whatsoever it will be pretty good for you. It's everything from basic geology and geophysics, IT, GPS and mapping, mechanics and welding, and a bunch of topics that wont make sense until you learn a few things.

Course is 6months for cert3 and 2 years for diploma, most people get poached off by companies well before they finish the diploma.

[Beavis]

Just kicking tires but are there IT jobs out there? Or are most of the jobs for field guys?

[vet 180]

sounds like a decent job.

Shame a double degree in marketing and international business wont help much

[1uz-zte]

If you're in Adelaide or Perth there's a certificate of Geoscience run out of the TAFE system, not sure on it's availability interstate

I've been looking for stuff like that. But I'm on QLD and no local tafes offer such programs If only they offered these through Open Tafe etc

[Paddington]

Anything out there in the mines for someone with

business/HR degree
education project management (OH&S stuff)
basic IT stuff/networking
4WDing/metal detecting/basic exploration stuff
planning/updating "green" buildings

[AzzurrA]

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