Mining

Employment prospects
The South Australian Mining Industry employs 3,900 people, which is 0.5% of the State’s workforce. This industry has with numerous mining and energy projects underway or in the pipeline in South Australia.
Employment in the Mining Industry is located either at a mine in a regional area or at a company’s head office in Adelaide. People with specialist skills may be offered a fly-in, fly-ou arrangement from Adelaide to the mine site.
 

Quick facts about this industry
Science and maths are important for training and work in
this industry.

• Almost everyone works full-time in this industry.
• When working on a mine site, people may be expected to work 12-hour shifts for 14 days in a row, followed by five or more days off.
• Workers must be 100% drug and alcohol free to work on a mine site.
• Most people working in the industry have either a trade qualification (that is, Certificate III) or a university degree.
• While the number of women working in the industry is growing, it is still mostly men that work in the mining industry.
• People working in the industry are generally younger than the average age of the South Australian workforce.
• To work in this industry you need to be over 18 years old, physically fit, committed to safety and willing to work in remote areas under difficult conditions.
• Professionals and specialists in the Mining Industry earn at least $2,000 per week, which includes wage bonuses for long shifts and isolated locations.

Occupations in this industry include:

• Building and Engineering Technical Support
• Construction and Mining Labourer
• Driller and Driller’s Assistant
• Geological Technician and
• Technical Field Assistant
• Geologist and Geophysicist
• Mine Manager
• Miner and Miner’s Assistant
• Mining Engineer
• Plant Operator — Chemical, Gas,
• Petroleum and Power Generation
• Shotfirer

Civil construction occupations found in the mining industry include:

• Civil and Structural Engineering Associate
• Civil Engineer
• Civil Engineering Technologist
• Construction Project Manager
• Diesel Mechanic
• Earthmoving Plant Operator
• Electrotechnology Assembler
• Fabrication Engineering Tradesperson
• Industrial Engineer
• Metal Trades Assistant

Related industries for these occupations:

• Automotive
• Building Construction
• Civil Construction
• Conservationand Land Management
• Electrotechnology
• Metals and Engineering
• Science
• Transport andStorage.
   
  
  
  
  
   

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