Why this brickie earning $600 a day is a big problem for mining

Perth’s construction market is booming, with demand for skilled tradies pushing up wages and tempting FIFO mining workers to ...
Yahoo Finance

Techforce on the Benefits of Working as a FIFO Chef

The mining industry continues to experience significant growth, leading to a surge in employment opportunities across various domains, including culinary arts.PERTH, AUSTRALIA / ACCESSWIRE / August 31 ...
Yahoo Finance

Techforce on Addressing the FIFO Chef Shortage in Australia's Mining Industry

The mining industry in Australia is a significant contributor to the country's economy, attracting a diverse workforce from across the nation. PERTH, AUSTRALIA / ACCESSWIRE / September 10, 2023 / With ...
Mining

FIFO: Navigating job search challenges during the pandemic

The pandemic has reshaped the way many companies do business, and at the onset over a year ago, the world saw a massive shift to remote work with onsite operations grinding to a halt and mines being ...
Yahoo Finance

FIFO worker earning $250,000 reveals how Aussies with no experience can get into mining industry

The Brisbane man shared he was earning $250,000 working as a FIFO supervisor in the mines. · Source: TikTok/AAP “FIFO, so you miss a lot of things, but you also gain a lot of things, you only work ...
Mining

The mental health impacts of having a FIFO work partner

People take up FIFO employment for a variety of reasons. In many cases, it’s predominantly about the money. FIFO jobs pay well compared with the same urban-based jobs and with clever fiscal management ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

FIFO inquiry: Committee chairman expects 'emotive evidence' in week-long hearings

A parliamentary inquiry investigating employment in the mining industry has heard that fly-in fly-out (FIFO) arrangements are hurting regional towns. Public hearings began in Mackay and Moranbah on ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Pampered FIFO workers come back to earth with a bump

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When you fly more than 2000 kilometres to work each week, you tend to rack up an enormous number of frequent flyer points. For BHP mine ...
Daily Mail

Young FIFO worker exposes the brutal reality of mining work despite huge pay cheque: No cellphone reception, lonely and hard work: 'Feels like jail'

A young fly-in-fly-out worker has exposed the brutal reality of mining work as he warns others he's been forced to make some major sacrifices despite the high salary. New Zealander Kieran Wealleans ...
The Australian Financial Review

FIFO in a time of pandemic: too big to fail?

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Hundreds of boarded-up, vacant homes in the remote Western Australian mining town of Newman were a public relations problem for BHP ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NT mining towns a fading relic of the past as FIFO becomes only option, economist says

It was largely unknown, more than 600 kilometres east of a major shopping centre, and severed by a great hunk of steel down its beachfront. Yet when Cheryl Bell and her mining worker husband moved to ...