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Underground Miner / Development

Development and production roles working underground: driving drives, operating jumbos and loaders, and supporting ground-control and ventilation work.

What it involves: Long-hole and jumbo drilling, charging and firing, mucking with an LHD/loader, and ground support (bolting, meshing), usually rotating through several of these over a roster.

Typical requirements: Underground experience is usually required for production roles; some operations run underground-specific trainee pathways for candidates with surface experience.

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Common rosters for this job

From live underground miner / development ads that state a roster. Six weeks shown; teal is time on site.

  • 7/77 days on, 7 days off · 50% of the year on site4 jobs
  • 8/68 days on, 6 days off · 57% of the year on site3 jobs

9 live underground miner / development roles

12d ago
  • Queensland, AU
  • FIFO 7/7
  • Other
  • via careers site

Gold Fields

Nipper

11d ago
  • Western Australia, AU
  • FIFO 8/6
  • Gold
  • via careers site

Gold Fields

Jumbo Operator

11d ago
  • Western Australia, AU
  • FIFO 8/6
  • Gold
  • via careers site

Gold Fields

Nipper

14d ago
  • Western Australia, AU
  • FIFO 8/6
  • Gold
  • via careers site
Underground Miner / Development jobs: what it involves & requirements · FiFoDiDo