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Mineral Resources
Industry Snapshot: Mineral Resources
Australia's minerals industry is booming and offers a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities around the country.
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Rise in Employment and Skills Shortage Continues to Dominate the Headlines
As reported in The Australian newspaper this week, over the past four months, West Australia’s full-time employment has risen. This would be great news for WA if it were not for the mining companies and recruitment agencies warning that the State will experience a wide spread skills shortage similar to 2007 and 2008.
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BHP Billiton warns of skills shortage
The world's biggest resources company BHP Billiton Ltd is concerned about skills shortages in Australia, which are occurring quicker than it expected.
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Student Guides: How To Become A Mining Apprentice
Hoping to strike gold with a career in the Minerals Industry? But you don???t really know where to start? We've pulled together a guide of what's in an apprenticeship, how to get one and what the best part of getting involved in the industry!
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Working to unearth a skilled workforce
Mining Industry Skills Centre Conference 24-25th September 2009
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Marketing facelift for VET - better outcomes from industry training: AgriFood Skills Australia
A major new national effort to reposition the image of Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system - and to promote better outcomes from training - will be revealed this week at the National AgriFood Conference 2009 held at Sydney's Dockside Convention Centre (Thursday-Friday 24-25 September, starting at 8.30am).
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Preparing young people for a career in mining
A new mining industry training project is set to be piloted on the east coast of Queensland in an effort to improve the quality of training for the resources sector.
Career Profile
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Jason Cullen: Mining Apprentice Coordinator
Jason Cullen was a diesel mechanic in the Army before he made the switch to training. He now looks after more than 100 mining apprentices.
July 10, 2007 | Full Profile »
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Tracey Hickmott - Environmental officer
Not many recent graduates have quite so much variety in their work - and as much freedom to pursue their passions - as this Environmental Officer in rural New South Wales. Her average day could be dealing with everything from feral animals to public speaking.
April 02, 2008 | Full Profile »
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Veronica French - Safety Officer
"I have seen safety officers struggle to connect to workers on the job if they don't have the industry experience. Industrial and mining work has helped me integrate as a safety officer." Says Veronica French, Safety officer at Dawson's Engineering.
December 03, 2008 | Full Profile »