Trades Assistant, Mackay

We want locals. Experienced trades assistants who live in Mackay or nearby: Sarina, Walkerston, Mirani or the northern beaches. Full time and shutdown work on Bowen Basin coal mines, working out of Mackay. Competitive pay.

What the work is

• On the tools with a tradesperson, doing the parts of the job you can do and watching the parts you cannot yet.
• Housekeeping, tooling, consumables and keeping a job front workable.
• Slinging, lifting and machine access work once you are ticketed for it.
• Component strip and clean in the workshop.
• Shutdown support, which is where most people learn the fastest.

What you need

• Time as a trades assistant on a mine site.
• A current Coal Board Medical. No Coal Board Medical? We’ll help you get one.
• Standard 11.
• Working at heights (RIIWHS204) and confined space (RIIWHS202).
• Gas test atmospheres (MSMWHS217) and EWP (RIIHAN301) are a plus. Most mines ask for them on maintenance work.
• An open driver licence.

Do not hold all of it yet? Apply anyway. That is exactly what we ring you about.

Our half of it

You have got the ambition. Our half is the opportunity: make you good at this, keep you working, and get you to wherever you said you wanted to end up.

• You get better on purpose. Tell us where you want to end up and we help you plan the way there, ticket by ticket, into a career you are proud of.
• You do the work, we do the paperwork. Standard 11, coal board medical, inductions, portals, renewals, timesheets and pay.
• You know the site, the roster and the travel before you commit. So you can say yes to it properly.
• always here for your growth. They know which site you are on and what you asked for last time.
• We want the site asking for you next swing. That is the aim, and everything we do around the work is pointed at it.

How to apply

Your details and four yes or no answers. It takes about a minute. A resume helps but you do not need one to apply. The coordinator who rosters the crews reads it, not a filter, and rings you either way.