sheli0508

My other half is used to fi/fo as he worked in Belgium and Eire before we had the kids and is keen to progress this type of work when we move to Oz (he's a Fitter) but he is aware that he's going to have to knock on a lot of doors before he get's in.

Does it work on word of mouth over there - 'my mate knows someone...' etc or does it work on cv's.

As Mick69 has already said it's not as easy as it first seems.

but we'll have to keep sending off the cv's....

mick69

Hes a welder (first class) mig tig stick etc with 20 yrs experience.

Lisa and Lance

Works very much on the "buddy system" rather than CV's. I thought my age, experience and previous long rosters in harsh environments would allow me to walk in to a mining / mining support job out here, sadly not, 30+ applications and two months later still pushing the muck up hill!!

Any mining company / OEM out there in need of a decent Maint Super, Service Manager or Planner.....worth a try.

sheli0508

Thanks for the feedback. I think what he'll probably do once we get over is get a job locally and then just keep applying - nothing more he can do really!