Mining Employment

[Richo460]

Sorry to hijack into this thread but i'm also diesel mechanic that has been in the aviation industry for the last 5 years. My job has just been shut down in Melbourne at Qantas and i'm wanting to go back to the big spanners. Does anyone know of any Gas turbine work in the mines? i'm looking to step it up from what i used to do in the Maint workshops and get on the bigger stuff. Cheers

not that i have seen mate, our site runs big diesel generators. Coal fired Power station work is your best bet for big stuff.

Expat stuff is ok, New Guniea can have good rosters but the place is not real nice, might be better now than it was though. There are mines in Indo, Loas and those places which are awesome and very hard to get into. Expat wages are usually from about 160 - 200 before tax, some alos give very good bonuses and retention bonuses. I've been overseas for 18 months and i am aching to get back home. I get 6 breaks a year and they usually are 2 weeks actually at home. I know blokes doing 9 weeks on 3 weeks off. Some mines in Africa do 12 on 3 off but they will get your whole family there in a house.