driller

fleet mechanic

Boart Longyear

Was fortunate enough to work on the deeper hole drilling rigs and in challenging ground. RC and diamond drilling with the deep hole stuff including wedging and navi drilling. Also got to do some underground drilling. I say drilling bliss in my summary as we had all the good and up and coming products from the Boart Longyear factory including the latest underground drilling rigs. 
Didn't see the upper-management as I was mostly in the field but the supervisors were very knowledgeable and were willing to share their experiences with me.
The hardest part of the jobs I was the ability to keep in contact with my family. Mobile phone coverage and communications back in then was not as good as it is now. The most enjoyable part of the job was the people and still to this day I tend to gravitate towards the drillers in a room full of people. And it is interesting to see how the personalities have changed. Drillers used to be quite abrupt and rowdy. Now they are into fitness and are reserved and very professional people.

Typical day begins at 06:00 with safety meeting and outline of program for the shift. Rest of day requires management of crews and operations including completion of previous days records being compiled and emailed to head office.
Skills refined while working at Boart Longyear include computer use and remote area logistics including planning of crew rosters and FIFO crew changes.
Management generally good but at times a little out of touch with some areas of field operations.
Co-workers at most times were extremely co-operative and receptive to directives and operational advice.
The hardest part of the job there was the shortage of qualified operators in an industry boom and trying to be in a lot of places at one time to assist them all.
The most enjoyable part of the role was watching people develop as well as the excellent work/ leisure balance.

Working at Boart Long year at Olympic Dam was least than appealing. they so far behind on KPA's. Utes are always breaking down almost one a day. People smoke underground and when it is unventilated it is unpleasent. you required to have lunch in the crib room due to inhaling radioactive dust, only one driller trook it on my swing they all just want to drill. they shake core out manually and if it gets stuck well that is it. You hunched over because everything you work with is at knee height ie washing core, shaking core out. If you want a bad back I thoroughly recommend this place. when I was working there it $429 dollars a shift (casual). Senior Driller was $550 an hour and that was full time.

Boart Long Year is good company , it is one of the most reputable drilling company that provides drilling services globally.They give us good compensation .	We consider for everybody’s safety  at all times when commencing work and we  abide the rules and regulations provided by the company.

We assist and do the preparations of equipment  machine and accessories before and  during mobilization
We  care for the environment .

The hardest part of the job is during preparation and  mobilization.

When the machines are already set up and doing productions , I find this as the most enjoyable part of the job .

What is the best part of working at the company?
Always took care of staff and offered training and constantly organising fifo staff comfortably

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
People with egos and control freaks 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good strong and educational alway being mindful of others

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Challenging and adventurous with multiple options

Working at Boart Longyear with a good salary and excellent working environment.  They give you the chance for continued development of my career.  My contribution was valued. The challenges I have taken out being newly hired was proved my skills and potentials for planning and scheduling.  I have gain additional skills, experience and software.

- Prestarts, safety checks, manual handling/lifting
- I learned about servicing and mechanics, how to work as a team
- Management were informative and listened to requests and communicated well
- Team was friendly and hard working, everyone helped each other
- Hardest part was working out in the sun for 12 hours
- Most enjoyable was the physical activity and being outdoors also learning about life skills, provided lots of training as well.

Some good managers, good constant work when things are good, overall thanks Boart, good training and safety culture. I feel the management when heading towards the development of new rigs should have perhaps listened to the more senior drillers rather than just heading with the engineers ideas, I think this may have been a hugh part of the downturn in WA iron ore contracts.

Hard work but fun when with the right people.
Learned a lot about drilling and human nature.
Good management they know whats needed as most of them used to work on the drill rigs.
Lovely crews out there, still catch up with some of the boys for a drink.
The job is easy once you have the routine but hard on rig moves in the summer.
The best part is when you fly home at the end of your stint.

Never trust what the advertising says on job duties, I was doing a DA2 job getting paid a DA1 salary, The training is good, but I highly think they should get rid of the boys club attitude, some drillers are okay some aren't thus including management supervisors, I never got to see my opitunity as I was improving slightly because of someone else's opinion guess I never fitted in.

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