Amazulu

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/bus...-6000-workers/

My employer is recruiting big time, but the main reason I am posting this is to try and show that unskilled work is not easy to get in mining. As you can see from the article, the mining companies are mainly interested in skilled and/or experienced people.

Perthine

But why don't they train or offer apprentices? They are plenty of skilled Aussie workers here who would love to work in mining, me included but get told 'sorry, you have got no mining experience' like non other matters

Alan Collett

I dare say because it is cheaper and less burdensome to employ those who are already skilled ...

Best regards.

Dreamy

What sort of interest do they have in newly qualified engineers? Just thinking about Youngestchild and the future

(He wants to do engineering at uni, not sure what specialisation to go for, Himself keeps telling him to do geotech, just wondered what the career prospects were like, realistically)

Beoz

Looking for 6000 people with mining experience is going to be a tough ask. I might be wrong but I'm sure they will have to take on a few qualified geoligists without mining experience.

Amazulu

They do train apprentices but probably not enough. I think that plenty of skilled people with no mining experience will get hired.

Amazulu

All the mining companies take on new engineering graduates, and then give them very good training and experience. Career prospects are excellent.

Shenni

My son has been trying to get into the mines for a couple of years ....... but no luck .has his licences at his cost and had induction and medical but no experience so if they took on people who have shown a solid interest like he has they would not need to keep saying they will take overseas workers

eddie007

Do they need nurses?

Will Seriously be thinking about FIFO work once I'm fit to return to work, to get us back onto an even footing financially..... Not that I WANT to be away from HIM and the kids on swing shifts, but I've worked away from home when I was chasing funding for my specialist practitioner course in the uk and would do it again to get us sorted out....

JAK

This is good news for my OH. He is a maintenance fitter and we are moving to Perth this year. Our plans have always been to move to the east coast where my family are, but have decided to move to Perth due to the job opportunities.

cresta57

I have visions of you & a dozen hairy arsed roughnecks sitting in the rec room all busy at your sewing machines turning out quilts by the trailer load

northernbird

don't need a secretary/PA/Admin person do you????

Cheetah7

Now I have that vision as well - high viz quilting for the rig pig and mine worker!

keel

I've got a mate who moved over from the UK 2 weeks ago. He's applied for Rio's and has already been knocked back.

He's come over as a painter and decorator on a skilled visa. He also has 20 years experience as a heavy goods driver and a couple of tours in Iraq as bomb disposal. You'd think they'd at least take a 2nd look at him.

I'm wondering if this "6000" workers thing is just another gimick by the big miners to get foreign labour in when they've "exhausted" local sources.

Keel

verystormy

The fact is that the vast majority of people they want are skilled and experienced. There is both a limited amount of work for non skilled / experienced staff and no shortage of people in Oz applying for that work.

Please please please. Also think long and hard about what working on a mine site means. Around 40% quit very quickly for a reason.