Who works in the mines and what doing - Page 53

**Polyal** · 23-06-2015, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Hey mate,

Congrats on the huge change, last I noticed you were down in Tassie? Hell of a change heading to FNQ!

Cheers mate, TAS was about 3 years ago now, lived in BRI for the last couple now up here...just chasing the $$ and towing the fam' around. Got to do it while you can IMO.

I didnt know you were in brown coal? Knew you are in the area though.

XCH00N · 23-06-2015, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

It's not a job for life, so they either want the big fast money or they want a job where they're home with their family every night.

Their choice, nobody is forcing them to do FIFO.

If your in mining do it or do as I have had to and follow the work. I moved 3500km away from family, friends and the wife moved with me just to keep work and not loose our house to the bank.
The mine im working at now id say 90% if not more are FIFO, the jumbo op has been doing it for years on a 2:1 roster and him and his wife and kids (Back in Melbourne) can handle it. They say FIFO is so bad yet everyone can always pack up and move their family to the work if its that hard on them.

mcflux · 23-06-2015, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Cheers mate, TAS was about 3 years ago now, lived in BRI for the last couple now up here...just chasing the $$ and towing the fam' around. Got to do it while you can IMO.

I didnt know you were in brown coal? Knew you are in the area though.

I'm sure at this time of the year your family would be happier in qld than tas!

I've actually made a career shift at the start of this year & left my engineering degree behind. Anyway all the best up north where it's warm!

LyleXR8 · 24-06-2015, 01:06 PM

I could make $50K+ a year more doing FIFO but now I'm 10 minutes from home, any emergencys while I'm at work I can be home in under 30 mins from anywhere on site, home every night, in my bed with my wife and see my young bloke every day, and work an even time roster, the 50k isn't even a carrot I even consider following, if I had to I would but given the choice, not a chance!!!!

wicksy · 24-06-2015, 04:33 PM

Nothing beats being home after every shift, i relocated my family from Mackay to Blackwater, it isnt the best town going but we done it for the family, its been great, the kids love it, i love it, the wife kind of loves it haha

**Polyal** · 24-06-2015, 04:43 PM

Yeah I have been doing FIFO on 5/2 for the past 8 weeks and its getting old...family is moving up 1HR from site in 4 weeks time. Then ill DIDO 3 days a week...something different.

**buggerlugs** · 25-06-2015, 06:28 PM

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money...-1227414588391

**Polyal** · 25-06-2015, 06:39 PM

Thats happened all over the place.

New EBA at my site has fitters at $30k less than last year...you got to take the good with the bad.

DoreSlamR · 03-08-2015, 12:23 PM

Clowns at barrow island planning on striking because their 26/9 roster is too hard for them.

I'll happily go do it if they don't want to.

So annoyed that so many STILL take their jobs for granted.

XCH00N · 03-08-2015, 12:28 PM

I get too board on my 6.5days off id be lost if I had 9days to do nothing lol

**buggerlugs** · 22-08-2015, 03:10 PM

http://www.news.com.au/finance/busin...-1227494271944

**GasoLane** · 22-08-2015, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by buggerlugs

http://www.news.com.au/finance/busin...-1227494271944

There's some strange stories in that article ...
"because there isn’t the same volume of people using the water supply, the water pressure built up and the town ended up with a lot of burst water mains" I haven't heard that one before.

The real estate agent who said that “A house that was worth $600,000 during the boom is really lucky to get in the high $300,000s now" when he meant that they were gouging miners in the first place.

And in Emerald... "rents for a three-bedroom house have plummeted from $800 to $250 a week." In other words back to normal before greedy agents and landlords wacked the price up, because they could.

And the Motel owners who "used to charge $300 a night in the height of the boom, but now struggle to fill rooms at a measly $89 a pop" Same again, miners were earning big money and they wanted their share.

Road Games · 22-08-2015, 03:59 PM

Copy that rogee...

**buggerlugs** · 23-08-2015, 12:22 PM

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...water/2746783/
Some interesting comments at the end of the article.............

DoreSlamR · 23-08-2015, 10:19 PM

I've now relocated to Karratha for work. There's still a bit around here, as locals are preferred over fifo more nowadays it seems.

I'm currently working for GCS working in the scaff yard at KGP.

45hrs a week taking home really good $$

Rent up here has come down a lot too

wicksy · 16-09-2015, 05:30 PM

Thiess at Curragh North are cutting production down to 40% going down to 2 Diggers and a Shovel, approx 20025 per crew going

Road Games · 16-09-2015, 05:33 PM

Hey Bowie that's a HUGE No ??

**GasoLane** · 16-09-2015, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wicksy

Thiess at Curragh North are cutting production down to 40% going down to 2 Diggers and a Shovel, approx 20025 per crew going

20,025 or 2025 ?

**PHATAL** · 16-09-2015, 05:46 PM

20 to 25?

**buggerlugs** · 16-09-2015, 05:47 PM

They wouldn't employ 20,000 would they ?

**Polyal** · 17-09-2015, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by buggerlugs

They wouldn't employ 20,000 would they ?

No, but it is a decent site.

Our site ahs increased fleet....but staff has slowly been decreasing which is putting people under alot of stress.

But lets be blunt, there was a lot of fat in the business for a long time.

wicksy · 17-09-2015, 01:52 PM

hahahaha bloody fat fingers, 20-25 per crew, had a meeting last night, wasnt very informative to say the least, more definate numbers next week

**buggerlugs** · 09-10-2015, 09:23 PM

Glencore to axe 535
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...mines/2801814/

**buggerlugs** · 13-03-2016, 03:33 PM

Hasn't this thread gone quite ? Sign of the times..............

Doesn't look good for the 550 workers.......
http://www.news.com.au/national/brea...177d7563e865e1

Road Games · 13-03-2016, 04:00 PM

Something BIG must be on the horizon

Gummint is paying for labor hire mobs to refresh everyone's tickets up here at the moment.

I have added 3 new mining skills already this year and it didn't cost me a thing apart from petrol money...

Weird part is i have a couple of steady jobs so i dunno why they even contacted me ?

5LXHR8 · 13-03-2016, 05:35 PM

We're going through redundancies and relocations at the moment through the Pilbara.

naddis01 · 13-03-2016, 06:16 PM

Some news to come out of Broken Hill within 10 days.

**buggerlugs** · 13-03-2016, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by naddis01

Some news to come out of Broken Hill within 10 days.

good or bad ?

**Polyal** · 14-03-2016, 11:26 AM

Yeap we are hanging in but one of the lucky sites at the moment.

wicksy · 14-03-2016, 11:49 AM

And just like thatThiess Curragh North ramping back to a 7 Dig fleet just like that, we went down to 10 hour shifts then Westfarmers realised, oh we arent getting enough coal out of the pit, we better go back to 12s