RynoF6 Idiot Member Donating Members 446 Member For: 15y 1m 10d Gender: Male Location: Muswellbrook, NSW Posted 19/05/12 12:58 PM Share Posted 19/05/12 12:58 PM (edited) Damn cold down here. Back when at millennium a few guys transfered up from wambo. I'm at HVO atm, operator. Like my letourneau 1850's but been on a smashed on dozer since getting down here.Shyfrd I can give you some good info and pointers on becoming an operator but will take ages to type out. I'll post tomorrow Edited 20/05/12 02:54 AM by Dagabond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 9m 9d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 19/05/12 01:06 PM Share Posted 19/05/12 01:06 PM lol bet its cold down there haha.. wont be long and will be freezing at work again up here hate winter lol.. have a bloke at work who worked at HVO done a trainee ship there.. bloody dozers hate the things lol.. downers will be out of millennium soon contract is ending Peabody is taking over.. Poietiel think that's how you spell it BMC is taking over that too and leightons will be out of there alot of places are going back to owner operators.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RynoF6 Idiot Member Donating Members 446 Member For: 15y 1m 10d Gender: Male Location: Muswellbrook, NSW Posted 19/05/12 01:11 PM Share Posted 19/05/12 01:11 PM A mate a Millennium said they were taking the current downers staff first. Staying 7/7. Owner ops is the way to go.Big rumors of Alpha project and Cavil ridge going round too.HVO is a different place. All truckies are contractors on traineeships, wierd. Permanents op everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 14y 4d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 19/05/12 01:34 PM Share Posted 19/05/12 01:34 PM Ah sweet some good info in those posts. So with no FIFO and just buses, you organise your own flight from the nearest airport?In qld then, if going for a job there, should I wait for the alpha mine and get the FIFO? What other mines there are owner operated?Lol unlucky about the dozer incident..they paid while its shutdown?Yeh thatd be great if you could post it up ryno!! Any info I can get, the more the better! :DCheers guys, appreciate the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 19/05/12 08:44 PM Share Posted 19/05/12 08:44 PM lol if you weren't payed while a mine is shut down then you would be better off waiting tables. The mines north of mt isa are now copping load shedding again. This means there is not enough power in the grid to go around so they have to shut off their mills on a rotation to share the power. what a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 19/05/12 11:57 PM Share Posted 19/05/12 11:57 PM New power plant going in near mt Ida soon.. I'm involved with the roadworks and camp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 20/05/12 12:40 AM Share Posted 20/05/12 12:40 AM most people have in their head that the only decent money in Aus is in WA... I dont know much about work in the other states but in QLD there is f*ckloads of work around and all paying very very well, you just have to be prepared travel and maybe live out in the sticks for a while... Construction in Gladstone atm is massive and like said above the Alpha mine that is going ahead will be massive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 20/05/12 01:05 AM Share Posted 20/05/12 01:05 AM Guy I work with got his explosives ticket. Got a T shirt saying somehting like "if you see me running we are farked"He made good coin, it was ten years ago when staff was hard to find. Now they can pick and choose, even import.But he stuck at it and bought his house, then paid it off. Now has a pretty cruisy lifestyle. He is a bit alt, hippy. So is in heaven.With the current world ecconomics you really need ot be multi tasked. And not just rely on the one income, specially if it's a very good one. Hurts too much when you loose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6menace BANNED Banned 1,462 Member For: 17y 10m 3d Gender: Not Telling Location: banned Posted 20/05/12 01:58 AM Share Posted 20/05/12 01:58 AM (edited) A mate a Millennium said they were taking the current downers staff first. Staying 7/7. Owner ops is the way to go.Big rumors of Alpha project and Cavil ridge going round too.HVO is a different place. All truckies are contractors on traineeships, wierd. Permanents op everything else.I'm at Daunia 3/1 cavill ridge is always on the cards for York again I think I might stay here till the finish, got heaps of photos especially of the 2 x 6060's and the 6040 and the 20 x 793F's built for Poitrel ... Edited 20/05/12 02:00 AM by dazzler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 5m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/05/12 02:21 AM Share Posted 20/05/12 02:21 AM Saw the but about not posting the pics......why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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