Working In The Mines

[GTR_STEALTH]

If anyone watched 60 Minutes last Sunday they probably would've seen the story on ppl going off to the mines earning 100K+.... No experience is generally necessary as they would train you up to perform ur job eg: truckie, cranes, etc, and from what i hear from other ppl sometimes they set you up with accommodation also. After a couple of years working there, enough money would have been made to set themselves up for life or at minimum, get them one step ahead alot quicker.

So would anyone know where you could go to enquire about positions/info? Or, does anyone here know of anyone else that has done/going to do it themselves.

I did a brief search on the net but could only find positions for those with experience in certain fields.

[eMsta]

If anyone watched 60 Minutes last Sunday they probably would've seen the story on ppl going off to the mines earning 100K+.... No experience is generally necessary as they would train you up to perform ur job eg: truckie, cranes, etc, and from what i hear from other ppl sometimes they set you up with accommodation also. After a couple of years working there, enough money would have been made to set themselves up for life or at minimum, get them one step ahead alot quicker.

So would anyone know where you could go to enquire about positions/info? Or, does anyone here know of anyone else that has done/going to do it themselves.

I did a brief search on the net but could only find positions for those with experience in certain fields.

I think the 60 minutes website might have some info on that.....makes me wonder why i went through 7 years of uni (2 courses) to only get paid sub 35k salary - when i could have been driving a truck or crane and earning 100k+......man with that money, think of all the investing you could do - basically if you start at 25, and work till 35 - you just let the money work for you after 35 and you dont have to work another day in your life!! Retirement at 35 and you could spend all day with your family or driving the skyline! *sigh*

but the thing that i liked about hte story was the half nekid chics

[TracidTrax]

theres a few good reasons the pay is so much, mainly for the fact that the work is physically challenging, u are in the middle of no where, not many people wanna do it, have to leave home and probably die at the age of 60 cause ur body gave out

[Ant97GTR]

I can tell you that what was presented on 60min was pretty much spot on. However it isn't very easy and 60min did go into some of the issues. Accom in any town near a mine is almost impossible to get at the moment. This means that the company will generally fly you in and fly you out for your two week shift (generally 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off) from the nearest capitol city, in this case Perth. So for a start consider moving to Perth....any wonder that Perth house prices are more expensive than Sydney! That is the biggest issue that I can see as the rest like extremely remote working conditions you can put up with.

[Ant97GTR]

theres a few good reasons the pay is so much, mainly for the fact that the work is physically challenging, u are in the middle of no where, not many people wanna do it, have to leave home and probably die at the age of 60 cause ur body gave out

Not true.....for a start there are plenty of varied jobs on a mine and driving one of those trucks isn't exactly physically challenging these days.

[adznight]

Yep if I lost my job I'd be go missing for a few years there, buy a house and zing!