How to Get a FIFO Job: Advice for Getting Into Mining
Practical advice for getting your first FIFO or mining job, including with no experience: where the entry-level roles are, what to put on your resume, and how to stand out from hundreds of applicants.
How to Become a Maintenance Planner
Maintenance planners and schedulers make sure the right job, parts and people are ready before equipment is pulled off line. It's a common next step for tradespeople. Here's how to get into it.
5d ago
How to Become an HSE Advisor
HSE advisors help mine sites and plants keep people safe and protect the environment. There's more than one way in, with or without a degree. Here's how.
5d ago
How to Become a Boilermaker or Welder
Boilermakers and welders build and repair the steel that mines and plants run on. It's a trade you can take into almost any industry. Here's how to get an apprenticeship and move into mining.
5d ago
How to Become a Rigger or Dogman
Riggers and dogmen set up and direct heavy lifts on mine sites, plants and shutdowns. Here's how to get the licences and your first job on a lifting crew.
5d ago
How to Become a Mine Operator
Mine operators drive the trucks, diggers and loaders that move rock, on the surface or underground. It's one of the most common ways into mining without a degree. Here's how to land a trainee role.
5d ago
How to Become a Shotfirer
Shotfirers are licensed to blast rock so it can be mined. It's a specialised, high-responsibility job. Here's how to get on a blast crew and work towards a shotfiring licence.
5d ago
How to Become an Assistant Driller or Derrickman
Assistant drillers and derrickmen help run a drilling rig and its crew. It's the step between entry-level rig work and driller. Here's how the path works in mining and in oil and gas.
5d ago
How to Become a Driller
Drillers find new deposits and prepare rock for mining. Most start as an offsider with no experience. Here's how to get on a drill crew and work your way up.
5d ago
How to Become a Process Technician
Process technicians run the plants that turn ore, oil and gas into a product. Many start with no experience through a traineeship. Here's how.
5d ago
How to Become a Heavy Diesel Fitter
Heavy diesel fitters keep haul trucks, diggers and drills running. It's one of the most in-demand trades in mining. Here's how to get an apprenticeship and move onto a mine site.
5d ago
How to Become a Geologist
Geologists find the deposits that mines are built on and keep track of the ore once mining starts. Here's how to get into exploration or mine geology.
5d ago
How to Become a Mining Engineer
Mining engineers turn a mineral deposit into a safe, working mine. Here's how to get there, from the school subjects that matter to your first graduate role.
5d ago
200 Mining Jobs in Limbo: What FIFO Workers Need to Know When a Contractor Falls Out With a Mine Owner
About 200 Buzzard mine workers face uncertainty after a dispute between Central Iron and Agile Mining Services. Here is what FIFO workers should know.
17d ago
1,900 Applications for 30 Mining Jobs: How Do You Stand Out When Everyone Wants Into Mining?
New Acland's hiring drive drew 1,900 applications for 30 jobs. Here's what actually gets entry-level mining candidates picked.
18d ago
How to Get Into Mining With No Experience
Job posts can make the industry look impossible to break into, with long lists of site experience, tickets, licences, and qualifications. But there are genuine entry points.
39d ago
Looking for FIFO work? Beware of anyone asking you to pay for a job
If you're trying to break into FIFO mining, oil and gas, or other remote-site work, you've probably seen the social media accounts promising that a FIFO career is just a few clicks away.
40d ago
How to Prepare for Your First FIFO Job: What to Expect Before You Fly Out
Starting your first FIFO job is exciting, but it can also come with plenty of questions. From camp life and long shifts to what to pack and how to prepare, here's what you can expect before you fly out for your first FIFO swing.
49d ago
The 10 Most Asked Questions on r/mining, Answered
What does it really take to get into mining? How much can you earn, is FIFO worth it, and can you land a mining job with no experience or an unrelated degree?
62d ago
Building Your Mining Resume: Tickets, Trade Certs and What Employers Actually Look For
What actually gets a mining resume noticed, from tickets and certifications to site and commodity experience, and how to lay it out so employers can scan it fast.
73d ago