Who works in the mines and what doing

[Motorbreath310]

Another thing some of you guys could look into is working as a kitchen hand at a mine site as some of those places pay upward of 80-90 k for even an inexperienced worker. My missus looked into it at the mac camp at Narrabri. They did a 2 week on/1 week off roster. Some camps in WA and QLD do fifo for their kitchen staff.

For anyone else looking into underground coal mining;

http://www.mastermyne.com.au/myne-start-course-info

Yeah it's expensive but it may be an option for some. Mining companies get so many applications from cleanskins it's not funny. Some site coordinators won't even answer phone calls from unknown phone numbers. Just be persistent and keep an eye or ear out for when they're hiring cleanskins. For anyone around the south coast or Sydney areas, BHP/Illawara coal are gonna be doing big things in the next few years with their Appin/West Cliff expansion.

Some companies to watch are BHP, Xstrata, Mastermyne, DeltaSBD, RUS mining, and UGM.