Job Focus – Mine Controller (underground)

What roster are you on?
Eight days on, six days off
Describe a typical shift for you.
Usual shift I’m monitoring all of the underground fixed plant equipment, all the ore movement, primary ventilation circuits, dewatering, pretty much anything that goes on underground. All the mobile fixed plant.  Anything, anyone, drills,  I have to record.

Job Focus – Boiler Maker

What roster are you on?
2 and 1…..It sucks the arse.
Describe a typical shift for you.
There’s nothing really set for every day.  Someone comes over and gives me a job at the start of the shift and I work on that through the night or day.

What ambitions do you have?
To work up in the mining industry [...]

Photo Sharing

I’ve just added a new link to the sidebar “FIFOLife Flickr Album”.   For those of you who use Flickr,

join the group I’ve created called “FIFOLife” there and post photos from your own site.

I’m currently trying to make this an instantly updating photo flow but at the moment the widget isn’t working.  Will try to correct [...]

The Triumph of Good Will

Last swing I was overwhelmed by the number of people who showed themselves to be generous, considerate, empathetic, pro-active and just plain joyous.  I am truly blessed to work with them.
They’re so fabulous I’m going to name them and list their goodness.  I am sure I’ll miss a few and apologies in advance if I [...]

Money Isn’t Everything

For those of you who might read this that are thinking about getting into the mining game please think very carefully before you do.  Whenever I tell people what I do for a living they instantly presume that I’m making a stack of money.   Truth is I’m not.  The payoff for me and many others [...]