Mining Industry
Jul 4th 2006, 5:18 pm
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Mining Industry
Trying to get some info on whether there is much call for storemen/forklift drivers in the mining industry in WA area,any help would be appreciated.
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Jul 4th 2006, 8:48 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by gary stewart
Trying to get some info on whether there is much call for storemen/forklift drivers in the mining industry in WA area,any help would be appreciated.
gaz
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Jul 4th 2006, 10:12 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
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Jul 4th 2006, 11:32 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Mining industry in WA is hard to get into unless you are experienced in mining and/or have good contacts in mining industry. In WA also before even applying do a Marcsta and First aid certificate, that way your application might even get looked at. Sorry for the negative vibe but most of our friends are in mining and struggled like hell to get a foot in.
http://www.marcsta.com/
http://www.marcsta.com/
Jul 6th 2006, 10:02 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by teza
Mining industry in WA is hard to get into unless you are experienced in mining and/or have good contacts in mining industry. In WA also before even applying do a Marcsta and First aid certificate, that way your application might even get looked at. Sorry for the negative vibe but most of our friends are in mining and struggled like hell to get a foot in.
http://www.marcsta.com/
http://www.marcsta.com/
Jul 6th 2006, 10:25 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by gary stewart
Cheers ,just trying to keep my options open.
Hi Gary
Does it need to be WA or are you looking into all areas
Jul 7th 2006, 9:37 am
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by biggy
Hi Gary
Does it need to be WA or are you looking into all areas
Does it need to be WA or are you looking into all areas
gaz
Last edited by gary stewart; Jul 7th 2006 at 10:04 am.
Jul 8th 2006, 9:56 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by gary stewart
Hiya biggy,we were initially looking at Perth however we are a bit concerned at house prices so we may expand our search and look at Brisbane ,again depends on prices,work for me and OH (hairdresser) and places to live,schools for 7 and 9 yr old,the usual stuff.
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Jul 8th 2006, 10:34 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by biggy
Loads of stuff to think about isnt there. The are loads of mining jobs up here in Central Qld, they are crying out for people.....women are giving up there jobs and going out to drive trucks at the mines because the pay is so good lol. But if you are looking at city life then it would probs be too quiet up here for you guys
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Jul 8th 2006, 10:37 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by gary stewart
Hi biggy city life is not for us Penicuik has just got running water ha ha .How big a place is Yeppoon ? Is there much call for hairdressers ?
Julie & Gaz :scared:
Julie & Gaz :scared:
You might like Colac - out past Geelong. Close enough but far away enough if you know what I mean (from the big smoke).
I see Penicuik is just south of Edinburgh so its not that isolated.
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Jul 8th 2006, 10:51 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by gary stewart
Hi biggy city life is not for us Penicuik has just got running water ha ha .How big a place is Yeppoon ? Is there much call for hairdressers ?
Julie & Gaz :scared:
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Yeppoon has a population of around 29,000 but is nicely spread out. There are always adverts in the hairdressers windows for stylists etc. Click on the link and it will take you to the Yeppoon site. I come from Coalburn which is very small...I thought Yeppoon would be too big for us....but we love it....5 mins walk to the beach....what more do ya need
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Jul 8th 2006, 10:53 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by thebears
Julie and Gary
You might like Colac - out past Geelong. Close enough but far away enough if you know what I mean (from the big smoke).
I see Penicuik is just south of Edinburgh so its not that isolated.
Kiwi
You might like Colac - out past Geelong. Close enough but far away enough if you know what I mean (from the big smoke).
I see Penicuik is just south of Edinburgh so its not that isolated.
Kiwi
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Jul 8th 2006, 11:07 pm
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Re: Mining Industry
Originally Posted by biggy
Yeppoon has a population of around 29,000 but is nicely spread out. There are always adverts in the hairdressers windows for stylists etc. Click on the link and it will take you to the Yeppoon site. I come from Coalburn which is very small...I thought Yeppoon would be too big for us....but we love it....5 mins walk to the beach....what more do ya need
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Jul 9th 2006, 7:29 am
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Re: Mining Industry
Gary
Leaving Daw Mill next week heading for Mudgee, 3 hours west of Sydney , nice town plan for 2 more mines in 2007, also big mining area at Wollongong south of sydney, Qld mines are very remote and usually serviced by a mining town 3 hours from cities, can give you contact details for several companies if you want
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Leaving Daw Mill next week heading for Mudgee, 3 hours west of Sydney , nice town plan for 2 more mines in 2007, also big mining area at Wollongong south of sydney, Qld mines are very remote and usually serviced by a mining town 3 hours from cities, can give you contact details for several companies if you want
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Jul 9th 2006, 8:33 am
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Re: Mining Industry
The Coal board medical will be a requirement to work any mining location,
The medical part, is alot stricter than the immigration medical, it includes a sight test, hearing test, drugs screening and a lung capacity test.
Thats the easy bit!!!!
the other part is a fitness test
you are attached to a heart rate monitor and put through aerobic exercises, what they will be looking at is your Recovery heart rate after 3 mins of steps (at a fair clip too),
a fit person recovers to 120 bpm after stopping for 60 secs, they do this for about 40 mins and test you every 3-5 mins, if you are a couch potato you will be fried by the end of this
you wont get any job in the mines unless you pass the Coal board medical.
So start the exercise now
The medical part, is alot stricter than the immigration medical, it includes a sight test, hearing test, drugs screening and a lung capacity test.
Thats the easy bit!!!!
the other part is a fitness test
you are attached to a heart rate monitor and put through aerobic exercises, what they will be looking at is your Recovery heart rate after 3 mins of steps (at a fair clip too),
a fit person recovers to 120 bpm after stopping for 60 secs, they do this for about 40 mins and test you every 3-5 mins, if you are a couch potato you will be fried by the end of this
you wont get any job in the mines unless you pass the Coal board medical.
So start the exercise now