|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
The Bar For non Automotive Related Chat |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
21-11-2011, 09:31 PM | #601 | |||
XD Sundowner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: moranbah
Posts: 1,078
|
Quote:
And essentially the mine adds this in their cost of services ( which they can't get by without ) .many houses are now going for close to mill ...good if you own one not so good for a miner with family to buy . I now have a couple on my crew leaving due to cost of living , others that are leaving for the city with their house rented at 3500 thou a week , as their repayments were to much for what they earn , but triple their income if they leave . I don't know this is all gunna end its no good for families ...and I'm only lucky I'm in a company owned house , or I would go as well .
__________________
something old something blue |
|||
22-11-2011, 12:52 AM | #602 | |||
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Quote:
As for the camps in peoples backyards. How big is said back yard? 60-100km from say Mackay still in their backyard? Obviously you are going to have smaller communities a lot closer to the mines that can and probably will be effected, but unfortunately it happens. If Defence can deploy to a country set up a fully functioning camp with messing facilities, sporting and gym, stores and fast food outlets etc I can't understand why a mining company that thrives on FIFO workers can't offer something of similar value. |
|||
22-11-2011, 09:11 AM | #603 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 614
|
Positions Vacant:
Deputies (Underground) - Gujarat NRE I work for GNRE. It's an Indian company with it's own Coking business over in India. Job security is pretty good with both our mines in expansion mode and several 100's of millions of dollars invesment going on. Our mines are in Wollongong, NSW. 4 day midweek rosters and fairly decent renumeration. Resumes to jobs@gujaratnre.com.au or by post to PO Box 281, Fairy Meadow NSW 2519 Phone enquiries please call: Val Dale 0400446512 or Bill Kolevski 0448125132 Further info on Gujarat NRE available from the WEBSITE __________________________________________________ ______________ Positions Vacant: Electrical/Instrument Superintendent Operations Process Engineer Electrical/Instrumentation Fitters (HV Experience) Senior Lubrication Technician Mechanical Fitters Accounts Payable Officer These positions are available with Queensland Alumina Limited. (QAL) Options to work shiftwork or 9 day fortnight (role dependent) Good renumeration Subsidised Medical Job security Quarterly "Bonuses" QAL lifestyle package (free gym, golf and cinema passes) Apply online WEBSITE __________________________________________________ _______________ Positions Vacant: Deisel Fitters - Downunder Minesite Maintenance 10 positions available for experienced Deisel Fitters at Orange, NSW. 4 on 4 off roster Travel time each way paid at full rate Kilometers paid $50/hour All accommodation & meals paid Requirements: Relevant Trade Quals. Proven Mining Maintenance experience. Experience with Caterpillar, Komatsu & Hitachi mining equipment such as Dump Trucks, Dozers and Graders. Resumes to hmsw@downundermm.com.au or post to Unit 2, 29 Mustang Drive, Rutherford NSW 2320 For more info visit WEBSITE __________________________________________________ _______________ Position Vacant: Deputy (Underground) - Xstrata, Blakefield South Mine (Hunter Valley NSW) Enquiries to Rebecca Gould 02 6570 4369 or by email rgould@xstratacoal.com.au Applications close December 4 __________________________________________________ _______________
__________________
Ex-ride: 2010 MB Mondeo - Panther Black - Just a little bit modified New ride: 2010 LV Focus XR5 - Moondust Silver - More mods than you can poke a stick at |
||
22-11-2011, 09:15 AM | #604 | |||
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
http://jobs.bhpbilliton.com/jobDetai...sJobIDs=738829
Quote:
|
|||
22-11-2011, 10:22 AM | #605 | ||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
Seek was full of these these morning...
thanks for that Combat |
||
22-11-2011, 11:00 AM | #606 | ||
The 'Stihl' Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,585
|
Well after applying for so many summer positions I have lost count I finally got in...just the medical check to be done.
Anyone work for Vale? Being posted up in Brisbane, cant wait, getting experience while at uni in this industry has been harder to come by than I thought!
__________________
|
||
22-11-2011, 09:30 PM | #607 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a knifes edge!
Posts: 3,408
|
Quote:
As a parent and a member of one of these "smaller" community, why should we, as a community, tolerate it? Correct me if I'm wrong here but are you implying that because we are a smaller community and not a city, that it is just fine to plant 2000-3000 man camps throughtout and around the townships? I do not for one moment agree with the idea of camps in towns. Place them on the mine site, close to where the employees have to work. That alone has added benefits such as less traffic on our roads at end of shifts etc. |
|||
22-11-2011, 10:58 PM | #608 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: coowonga
Posts: 1,654
|
i'm hearing you J.C.
|
||
22-11-2011, 11:06 PM | #609 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a knifes edge!
Posts: 3,408
|
Quote:
You too are part of the same community I'm referring to. |
|||
23-11-2011, 12:08 AM | #610 | |||
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Quote:
As I said I am not the answer to the problem more so suggesting ideas. Obviously you are so passionate about what you are saying, stop being a warrior behind your keyboard and take the problem to your local/state member. |
|||
23-11-2011, 12:24 AM | #611 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sunshine Coast QLD
Posts: 876
|
Combat, the problem is being taken on but when so many $$ are at stake it is hard to get the big players in the game ( the multinational mining corporations and the government) to do the right thing by the little guys caught in the middle of it all. The situation in Mooranbah is nothing short of a joke but the power mongers don't want to spend money on developing the town the way that they should, and the government hasn't got the balls to make them! As long as they can rake in the billions of $$ in royalties to spend in on Brisbane's new road network, Bligh and Co. couldn't care less about central QLD.
As for your suggestions, they would just create more problems, such as those already highlighted by JC. Large concentrations of males, not all of them model citizens to begin with neccesarily mixed in with a smaller family community with a scattering of females and young kids. Not the nicest neighbourhood to be in. FYI, the mines around Mooranbah quite close. I haven't been out there for 5 years as I work on a minesite closer to Nebo, but from my vague recollection, some are as close as 10klm from the town centre.
__________________
Octane BFII XR6 Turbo manual sedan. SOLD 2014 BMW S1000R 2006 Toyota Landcruiser GXL 1HD-FTE |
||
23-11-2011, 12:34 AM | #612 | |||
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Quote:
Unfortunately with a lot of companies and workers having the preference of having FIFO, things are not going to change. The suggestion I did make about making massive "camps" just outside the mine to compensate for the influx of workers "may" help to ease the stress and hardship on locals and $$$ things are starting to cost. Truth to the matter is why the mines are around people are going to want to cash in. Now not knowing much on what goes on in the small and central towns... What would happen if the mine packed up and closed? I want to know the pro's and con's. I think that if they did leave and were not part of the community the cons would out weigh the pro's but that is just my opinion. |
|||
23-11-2011, 01:47 PM | #613 | ||
Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,441
|
I know a fitter and turner a spraypainter and a fabricator who are after FIFO jobs, they're in their 30s to 50s though, are they too old?
Also do have any paramedics on site? One is interested in that. |
||
23-11-2011, 02:04 PM | #614 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a knifes edge!
Posts: 3,408
|
Wombat. I'll get back to you in relation to your cheap shot. At the moment though I truely must return to work and achieve something constructive other than wasting my smoko breaks reading your poorly informed responses on a topic that you appear to have little knowledge of or affects you in anyway.
I will get back to you though. I promise. Cheers. John. |
||
23-11-2011, 03:34 PM | #615 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: coowonga
Posts: 1,654
|
let's just say that the BMA owned Isaac Plains mine is close enough that my house moves around when ever they blast. the latest government "approved mine", also owned by BMA, is slightly closer but in the opposite direction. basically Moranbah has 2 open cut pits and a longwall underground operation within 5 km's as the crow fly's, of the town. close enough for you Wombat? none of these mines were present when i first bought my house here as little as 7 years ago.
*edit BMA is a joint venture between BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi, |
||
23-11-2011, 04:08 PM | #616 | ||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
I have a BMA induction for PeakDowns.. woohoo go me ...
|
||
23-11-2011, 04:19 PM | #617 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a knifes edge!
Posts: 3,408
|
Quote:
Might see you floating around out here maybe. |
|||
23-11-2011, 05:13 PM | #618 | ||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
Nah i'm off to do a shutdown at Curragh now.. i have been mucked around and waiting for my TAMS card from Leighton's for months...
Site Information Leightons - Peak Downs Location: - 30 mins from Moranbah on Peak Downs Hwy towards Dysart. Roster: 4 nights on 2 off 4 days on 6 off Shifts – 12.5 hour shifts Transport :- Buses run at the end of each 4 days/nights to and from Mackay, Rockhampton and Townsville. Daily buses run to and from camps (Dysart and Moranbah) at end and start of shift. Accommodation is supplied at The Mac Camp Dysart and Moranbah. This will be confirmed closer to you site induction date. Single camp and meals are provided. All rooms are have showers, toilet, also fridge, TV and kettle. Pay Rates – Operator Level 2 $51.00 Operator Level 3 $53.00 Operator Level 4 $55.00 If you provide your own accommodation $400.00 per week allowance is paid Pay week runs Monday to Sunday . All timesheets are handed to your supervisor on Monday morning (or Sunday night). Pays will be processed and transferred into your account on Thursdays. Unit 2/1 Longwall Place, Paget QLD 4740 PO Box 11210 Canelands Mackay QLD 4740 Ph: 07 4952 3329 Fax: 07 4952 3328 |
||
23-11-2011, 06:34 PM | #619 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: coowonga
Posts: 1,654
|
i wish i got an extra 400 a week for being in my own house in Mbah or had all my accom/meals/transport paid for every week. LOL they wonder why us locals get so upset when we see stuff like that....
anyway, congrats xr6menace for scoring the job mate. make the most of it. |
||
23-11-2011, 07:13 PM | #620 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a knifes edge!
Posts: 3,408
|
^^^^^^ on the other hand, we get to see our families everyday. I can't put a price on that.
It's a choice that was offered (and we are fortunate to have had) and we grabbed it. I wouldn't trade my family time for time in a camp full of blokes any day of the week. Been there. Done that. |
||
23-11-2011, 08:05 PM | #621 | |||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
Quote:
|
|||
23-11-2011, 10:58 PM | #622 | ||
XD Sundowner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: moranbah
Posts: 1,078
|
I have seen your car gt 0733 and jc do I know you I'm b crew , rob Gordons mob truck shovel , I know most people out there , well most of the old mob
Seems like we are getting taken over with the newies these days |
||
23-11-2011, 11:05 PM | #623 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a knifes edge!
Posts: 3,408
|
You probably would. You were on today then. Missing Brew yet?
|
||
23-11-2011, 11:44 PM | #624 | ||
XD Sundowner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: moranbah
Posts: 1,078
|
Yer its all going down hill , they know how to wreck a good workforce .I'm still ****ed about judd and kerrie .becoming a real joke ...I am use to idiots but they keep finding more . Should catch up for a chat sometime .
Sorry to all for the highjack ...its a small world . Side note all these mines popping up gunna be a minefield getting to the peak , its like death race now lol ...
__________________
something old something blue |
||
24-11-2011, 12:24 PM | #625 | ||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=174681&x=7&f=247743
https://www.catsimulators.com/docs/f...index.html#/6/ NewHope used these to train a shortfall of operators back when Jeebropilly started up again.. I am looking into who is currently hosting the training and the costings ! http://gogeometry.com/mining/trainin...aul_truck.html |
||
24-11-2011, 01:33 PM | #626 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mackay
Posts: 1,237
|
Ad for that is always on tv.
Ive heard its expensive, is booked out for quite a while and that some places don't recognise it as training. Could all be BS rumors though.
__________________
Seduce BFII XR6T Ute ZF - Optioned interior - Hardlid - Rapidsystems V4.5 kit - GTX3576R - Crow Cams Valve springs - 1000cc KPM injectors - 20" MC Racing Wheels - DashDaq/Cobalt Gauges - 4in dump/3.5in exhaust system - Shockworks Coilovers - 30mm Swaybar - Shockworks 4pot 355mm front brakes - GT R-spec rear brakes
CPV Tuned to 340rwkw |
||
24-11-2011, 02:19 PM | #627 | ||
XD Sundowner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: moranbah
Posts: 1,078
|
yer those simulators are only good for seeing what the cab looks like , very misleading for people thinking that they are anything like the real thing .
they put us all through it ( as they do any new toy ) basically for a keep trainers busy exercise . And me being a trainer and long time operator i have already expressed my view on em .got sister and a mate that did the truck course (new horisons rocky ) and then my boss proceeds to tell me that they dont recognise it as training so we would do em fresh anyway ( go figure ) so they are waiting inline for a start hopefully . makes me wonder why the businesses even exist when noone recognises it / nor draws from them ... nearly had a greeny hit my shovel yesterday ...not happy , some of the training is real rush rush ...my pet hate . i pulled the show up and put a trainer back in with him ( not a bright fella ) they dont quite understand the seriousness of having a incident . they call it target selection ... i call it a lucky dip . not many are what i call suited to the job . just hope we dont have any incidents , my crew is 16 years clean and want it to stay that way ... xr 6 menace you are probably lucky you not with leightons they have had several show stopping incidents in recent weeks including trucks hitting trucks ...newby fell to sleep and rolled away from digger into another truck ( life and death moment ) and several collisions with dozers etc etc . they are on the edge with mines inspector , but its so hard with so many green people coming into a very tiring job . anyways good luck again all ...just be aware of the job your trying for and its dangers ..
__________________
something old something blue |
||
This user likes this post: |
24-11-2011, 02:30 PM | #628 | ||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
Here is the e-mail i received just before *edit* i will PM it too you ...
I have e-mailed all the companies i am waiting on to get there opinion of this $3000 refresher course !! |
||
24-11-2011, 03:43 PM | #629 | ||
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 16,258
|
Ok, so my work here is done .. i am too disillusioned to offer up possibly false advice anymore ...all the best team !
If ya get in show us how ya did it cheers Darren ..x.. |
||
24-11-2011, 04:59 PM | #630 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 756
|
anyone tried these guys??
http://www.miningjobsnoexperience.net.au/ i just did the register now part for a job , then they send you an email Hi Piggsy I hope you're having a good day. I read what you sent through, and I'm happy to say that we can help you. You've said that you don't have previous experience, but don't worry about it, we specialise in assisting people who are new to the industry. I really like the fact that you're keen to give any role a go. It means you're flexible, which is something employers are looking for. The mining industry is hiring, and we've got all of your details on file here now. So we're ready to go ahead with everything as soon as you get the service underway. Please visit our website at Mining Australia for details on working in the mining industry, and to get all of the payment side of things sorted. Once this is done, we will kick everything off straight away :-) Thanks, so now they want payment ,wtf they want people to work out there now they want us to pay ?? anyone ever went ahead and done this? pretty skeptical to sending money to things like this. Last edited by russellw; 17-02-2012 at 09:01 PM. |
||