Cleaning In The Mines Information Please!!!!

[JadeKeeligan]

Hey,

 

I was wondering if anyone could help me?

 

I'm from Perth and i'm looking for work in the mines as a cleaner. does anyone know how to go about getting a job? or have any information on it please? anything would be helpful

 

Thanks

[wolvesaussie]

Sounds like hard work I bet its really dusty

[Eera]

I assume you mean in the camps? Go through the contractors who run them, ESS are a major one, MAC are another, there's another called Sidelco or something (they do stuff for the British Army too, can't remember their names, big Indian mob). Be aware though, a lot of camps aren't actually on the mine lease itself so you don't get mining money, just the joys of living in remote areas.

 

If you really, really like getting dirty, there are contract mobs that do things like clean blackjack out of draglines, Google industrial cleaners and you might have joy. They get OK money for cleaning; up to $30 per hour, but you will not be on the $150k wages that people associate with the mines, just the long hours.

 

The mining houses like Rio and BHP don't employ their own cleaners, it's all done through contractors.

[ayrshire2oz]

try Sodexho I saw them on undercover boss Australia they were covering camp utilities such as cooking cleaning and maintenance

[ayrshire2oz]

http://sodexoau.broadbeantech.com/jobs/view/726/Service-Attendants-Relief-Pool.html

[JadeKeeligan]

Thanks for the help I heard a lot about women working on the mines cleaning and getting alot of money when I was in the UK so im trying to find out how to get a job there, but I dont seem too be getting anywere, just hitting dead ends, i'll have a look at them companies thou and see if they get me anywere

[Eera]

http://www.thejobshop.com.au/search_view.php?jobID=17121

 

Actual advert for mine camp cleaner.

 

$25 an hour.

 

The relatively big money comes from the hours you're doing in a week - 60 of them.

[VERYSTORMY]

As Eera states, ESS is the biggest company that has contracts for cleaning on mine sites. However, it is not huge money and is hard work usually on split shifts.

 

My last mine in Oz was one of the large gold mines - I left there a year ago - the ESS cleaners would start on about $54k a year. That would be for two weeks on, one week off.

 

Some of the girls liked it as they could save money for things as they would not be spending anything while on site. But many don't last very long.

[WeegieDave]

ISS are another big one but they can do long swings such as 4:1

[WeegieDave]

Thanks for the help I heard a lot about women working on the mines cleaning and getting alot of money when I was in the UK so im trying to find out how to get a job there, but I dont seem too be getting anywere, just hitting dead ends, i'll have a look at them companies thou and see if they get me anywere

 

just be careful though as there is a lot of over hype and false figures thrown around when it comes to working on mine sites. Cleaners don't get paid much and any money made is usually from working long hours.