fitter

site administrator

truck driver

mining engineer

boilermaker

Barminco

Working in an owner operator mine was a real pleasure as everyone worked really well together. Employers demonstrated appreciation to their employees and therefore employees would put in the extra effort just to help achieve great productive results to demonstrate to their employers respect and appreciation.

Working away from home on a Two week on One week off roster, makes the time away from home go quickly when everyone is having fun and enjoying eachothers company.  Morale is the key to a successful productive mine, as people tend not to stress so much in turn avoiding attracting accidents and injuries to themselves.  They tend to have more respect for their machinery and operate it with more care.

I find people who generally care for one another and respect each other put in the extra effort to get the job done properly the first time saving double handling or having to do the job correctly the second time round. 

I enjoyed working with mature, sensible, fun, positive people who worked really well as a team.  Any problem became No problem.

arrive at work an hour earlier to recieve instructions for oncoming shift and to get info on how the last shift is working to out weekly and monthly target,what i learned is not to take things for granted and have a B and C plan readily,Management were great and having Daily,weekly and monthly targets available and any ongoing issues with gear were sorted out 99% of the time in a timely fashion was awsome.
   My co workers were great, second to none they could all step up to the next level and do the work.
   The hardest part of the job was whene numeruse vehicle broke down at the same time and you need to change priorities and workers to Suite.
    Going home after a week of work know you put in the hard yards and made things happen.

Up at 4am to work and return around 6.30pm.
There are people willing to assist and help you out.
Managment are approachable and willing to assist where they can.
we work as a team so every one helps each other out where we can write from new starters through to people that have been with us for some time.
Hardest part of the job is the hours and the roster.
Most enjoyable part of the job is the last shift and the break.

working at barminco was very rewarding as i learnt a great deal 
and achieved so much more from working very hard as an offsider on a 1300 boart longyear platform rig drilling on a navy hole survey meaning very deep hole drilling 
i put in the hard work and got rewarded 
as i achieved level 1 driller i showed my ability to work safely and management as driller to drill very well and moved up too level 2 driller in my first month a level that takes most drillers 3 months to achieve

Early start, long day, everyone is treated with respect and work well to have a good result come end of their shift. 
I learned to have patience, look after workmates and machinery, respect for the nature of the underground environment
Hardest part of job was frustration when machine breaks down and you can't complete your tasks.
Enjoyable part of the job would be a successful shift underground, working well within a team and completing your tasks is rewarding.

arrive to work at 5:30 tool box meeting ,pre start our LV's tag on board go down to rig.Do a take 5 ,pre start rig greased no trip hazards,oil is a good colour and good level .we start drilling for the day with constant lifts of 23kg rods making sure we are using correct lifting techniques unloading core into trays and marking the ori!At end of day clean rig put all the core onto the back of the LV tag off befor blasting!

Doing a few different tasks, such as truck driver, service crew, grader driver.                                                                                                    How to do a lot of different jobs, hang vent, do air/water services, run electrical cable to areas for sparky.                                                      good guys tough job.                                                                            great to work with lots of different personalities to work with.               working in the humidity of underground, sometimes without secondary vent- while its under repair.                                                 the people ,the even time roster 

Working very long hours but enjoyed the job Had a bit of difficulty with the language barrier but learnt over time communication with assistants. I had a great working relationship with the nationals that were evolved in our contracts and at the mine site . I gained a great deal of knowledge on drilling very deep holes and directional drilling teaching the assistants in safe work practises and general drilling duties.

The day started with a health and safety briefing.then you done your daily checks on the plant.then all your prestart's. the rest of the day was spent crushing rock ,or fixing any breakdowns.i learned a great deal with this company.it was well managed as you always knew were you had to go and all your parts and tools were always on site.

Great culture at Barminco awesome team to work with at Dugald River 🙏🙏all staff were helpful and friendly towards me from the day I started till the day I finished also everyone I worked with out there helped me with anything I needed to improve myself 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Fitter 9 salaries reported	$78.28 per hour
Site administrator 3 salaries reported	$91,000 per year
Truck driver 3 salaries reported	$100,086 per year
Mining engineer 3 salaries reported	$115,000 per year
Boilermaker 2 salaries reported	$61.50 per hour

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