Queensland
Bowen Basin
Open cut and underground coal. The heart of it, and where most DAC crews are.
Days off
Mackay Airlie Beach The Whitsundays Eungella
Diesel fitters◆Boilermakers◆Auto electricians◆HV electricians◆Service persons◆Trades assistants◆Maintenance planners◆Supervisors◆Tool store◆Admin◆Diesel fitters◆Boilermakers◆Auto electricians◆HV electricians◆Service persons◆Trades assistants◆Maintenance planners◆Supervisors◆Tool store◆Admin◆
The roles, right now.
Queensland labour hire licence LHL-00886-W8N4K, current to 19 June 2027. ABN 67 111 324 371.
Open
Diesel Fitters
Trade qualified. Time on Caterpillar, Komatsu or Hitachi. Able to work a problem out in front of you.
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Auto Electricians
Trade qualified. CAT, Hitachi or Komatsu preferred. Heavy truck background well regarded.
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Boilermakers
Trade qualified, mining equipment behind you. Boom welding an advantage, not a requirement.
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High Voltage Electricians
Trade qualified. Mining equipment experience favoured. More than one roster available.
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Service Persons
HR licence preferred. Servicing heavy earthmoving gear, and able to work alongside a fitter.
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Serviceperson, 7 on 7 off
Full time and permanent. Every second week is yours. Starts late November.
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Auto Electrician, 7/7 or 5/2
Full time. Two rosters, your pick: 7 on 7 off or 5 on 2 off. Immediate start.
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Tyre Fitter, 7 on 7 off
Full time, competitive pay. Every second week is yours. Immediate start.
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Boilermaker, Mackay
Mackay locals. Full time and shutdowns on Bowen Basin coal. Competitive pay.
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Trades Assistant, Mackay
Experienced on a mine site. Mackay locals. Full time and shutdowns.
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Auto Electrician, Mackay
Mackay locals. Full time and shutdowns. 7 on 7 off or 5 on 2 off.
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Parts Interpreter, Mackay
Parts experience on heavy or mining gear. Mackay locals. Full time.
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Tool Store Person
Monday to Friday, or a nine-day fortnight. Home on the weekend. No trade needed, just organised.
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Trades Assistants
Workshop and site based, no ticket and no experience needed.
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Start in mining
Never worked on a mine? Every trade, plus trades assistants with no trade yet. No mine experience needed.
Put your name down
Why you and not one of the big ones?
You’ve got the ambition.
We’ll give you the opportunity.
Others will sell you an adventure. You are already the adventurous type. What you need is somewhere your skill and your ambition turn into something, wherever you are starting from.
- 01Small enough to notice youOne office. One crew list. Whoever decides what happens to you has met you.
- 02Your ambition is the inputTell us where you want to end up. We help you plan the way there, so it adds up to a career you are proud of.
- 03It is how we startedDrew was a diesel fitter. Lisa ran the office. 2004, nothing but the work in front of them.
Better every swing was never about us. From the desert to the reef, it is about you.
From the desert
to the reef.
Queensland
Central Highlands
Coal and the fleets that move it, out past Emerald and Blackwater.
Days off
Yeppoon Great Keppel Carnarvon Gorge
Queensland
The Ports
Bulk terminal materials handling and the mobile fleet that supports it.
Days off
Gladstone Agnes Water Southern Great Barrier Reef
Queensland
The North
Metalliferous operations, quarries and civil fleets up past Townsville.
Days off
Magnetic Island Hinchinbrook Mission Beach
Northern Territory
The Top End
Remote operations a long way from a main road, which is the point of them.
Days off
Darwin Litchfield Kakadu Nitmiluk
Western Australia
The Goldfields
Gold and nickel out of Kalgoorlie. Different commodity, same tickets.
Days off
Esperance Cape Le Grand Lucky Bay
Wherever you want it to be
The next one
Every ticket this work earns you travels. Another commodity, another state, and the days off that come with it.
Three ways in.
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No ticket yet
Start as a trades assistant. On the tools with people who teach you. We sort the tickets.
Trades assistant
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Trade qualified, different gear
Mechanic to heavy diesel. Electrician to HV. The trade transfers. You need time on the machines and someone to back you.
Crossing over
03
Ticketed and experienced
You know what good looks like and what it is worth. Ask us anything you want to know, and hold us to the answer.
Choosing your next
What do I get back?
WHAT WE GIVE YOU
You bring the ambition. Our half is simple: make you good at this, keep you working, and get you where you want to go.
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family owned since 2004
Small enough to really care, established enough to keep the jobs running.
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always available for you
You're an ambitious person with goals. We know who you are and always available for you.
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your start with us is just that. only the start.
Trades assistant to apprentice. Mechanic to heavy diesel. We'll help you upskill to keep moving up.
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You Do The Work, We Do The Paperwork
Standard 11, coal board medical, inductions, renewals, timesheets, pay. Let us handle the admin.
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Flexible Rosters, And Extra Work If You Want It
Rosters flex where the site allows. Shutdown work on top if you want more.
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Ask Us Anything And Get A Straight Answer
We'll always tell it to you straight, and expect the same in return.
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We Want The Site Asking For You Next Swing
When you're sent by DAC, it means something.
What about home?
A family business
knows you have one.
Parent, partner, or the mate everyone rings first. We know what comes first in life.
Nobody can hand you a reputation. But DAC puts you where you can build one.
Not from a job ad, and not from us telling you so. From going back to the same crews until they know your work, and from being worth more every time you do.
What else do people ask?
The questions we get asked.
Do I need mining experience?
No. Trades assistants start with no ticket and no mining experience, and trade qualified people cross over from other industries every year. What you need is the trade or the willingness, and the ability to turn up when you said you would.
Do I need a Standard 11 and a coal board medical before I apply?
No. If you do not hold them, we'll help you get it sorted. Apply first and we will tell you what you are missing.
What tickets do you arrange?
Standard 11, coal board medical, site inductions and portal registrations, and we track renewals so a ticket does not lapse without anyone noticing. Tell us where you want to end up and we work out which tickets get you there.
Where are the jobs?
Australian mining, quarry, port, civil and agricultural operations, all run out of the Mackay office.
How long does it take to get on site?
It depends on what you already hold and what the site needs. If your tickets are current it can be quick. If we have to book a medical and an induction it takes longer, and we will tell you roughly how long rather than leave you guessing.
Can I apply if my tickets have lapsed?
Yes. Lapsed tickets are an administrative problem, not a character flaw. Send your details through and say what has expired.
Who reads my application?
The coordinator who rosters our crews, in the Mackay office. The same person who would put you on a job, which is the point of having one office and one crew list. Not a software, not a call centre. If it fits we ring you, and either way you hear back.
Send it through.
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You send it
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we do hiring in-house
Never a third-party recruiter, a software or a call-centre. That's why family-owned matters.
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You hear back
Either way you hear back from us, and if it fits we ring you.
Twenty-two years and counting
Better every swing.