Re: Who works in the mines and what doing
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I have heard there are new mines opening soon-ish near Mudgee and Gunnadah.
Perhaps people looking for a start should look into them.
Driving trains for the coal mines in the hunter valley is a great job.
With 1 barracks job a week, drivers can get $120,000.
Average shift you work for 9 hours (but it can vary from 3 hours to 12 hours)
I seam to be only working 3-4 days most weeks. 5 days on an unlucky week.
Most of the time you are not actually at the mine site so you don't have to worry about breathing in coal dust all day.
It is generally a laid back job because the trains don't really run to a time table (around here at least)
On night work you sometimes get a bit of shut eye. Normally when you turn
up to a mine the train loader is not ready for you, so you get some downtime.
I hear working in remote places like the Pilbra, you can earn more then $150,000 for driving the trains.
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