Know which state has the strongest demand for skills? You may be surprised...

Posted: 21/06/2013 5:00:00 AM by Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Filed under: Construction
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Professionals with skills in the construction industry will soon find themselves in high demand. A new labour market index launched by AMMA shows that construction labour requirements on Australia’s mining, energy and infrastructure projects will peak at nearly 100,000 workers in 2013.

Speaking at Mining Skills Australia’s summit in Sydney, Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) Director of Group Services Tara Diamond announced the first biannual AMMA-Pit Crew Labour Market Index. The index details the labour requirements for major Australian resource and infrastructure projects.

“This index shows that while construction workforce numbers are coming off a massive peak in 2012, during 2013 Australia will still see 98,869 people walk through the gate of major resources, energy or infrastructure projects,” Ms Diamond said.

LNG investment has had the most significant impact on labour, and employment numbers are set to increase over 2013 towards an expected peak in 2014. The index shows that, while Queensland and Western Australia are home to major projects, it’s the Northern Territory that will experience the greatest labour shortages.

There are currently 259 projects approved with a value of $446 billion, as well as another 163 less advanced projects in the pipeline, forecast to deliver an additional $282 billion of investment.

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Sa tingin ko, engineers, like Zulacs, will be needed first to spearhead the launching of the multitude of pending projects.

So much for racism. Can envisage what our government will be confronting. At present, should the floodgates be open, does Australia have the infrastructure to handle the influx of refugees/asylum seekers? Doubt. Many, perhaps most, of these boat people are unskilled. Oh, well, can do unskilled work, e.g., toilet cleaning, in the mines.
But what's needed, front and foremost, are engineers to launch projects. And Australia has a dearth of them. Late last year, the DIAC increased the number of overseas engineering graduate visas (476 visa) by 900% -- an optimistic figure. Where will we get that many? Ideally, should be one who completes the degree here and progresses through the seniority ranks in Australia.
30 odd years ago, when I migrated here, 75% of the population were high school dropouts. Don't think has dramatically improved since. Living in a rich country, we've been too complacent, we're now having a nightmare facing the challenges for this century. Makes no difference who will win the election. "Signs of our times. (Paul Keating)"
Cheers,
Aussie4Equality

Sa tingin ko, engineers, like Zulacs, will be needed first to spearhead the launching of the multitude of pending projects.

Posted: 3/10/2012 5:00:00 AM by Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Filed under: Energy, Job-seekers, Mining, Oil-and-gas, Construction

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has reformed the 476 visa scheme resulting in a 900% increase in the number of overseas graduates eligible to work in Australia.
 
What is the 476 visa?
The 476 visa is designed for engineering graduates who obtained a tertiary engineering degree to live and work in Australia for up to 18 months. Applicants have to be younger than 31 years of age. [Like me.]

Prior to the reforms, the list of approved institutions was quite short with only 108 institutions listed. Now the list recognises all universities accredited by Engineers Australia, the peak body responsible for assessing skilled migration in the engineering sector.

Industry supports change
To give some perspective to this change, Industry association, Consult Australia, says the number of approved universities in the USA has jumped from 16 to 386.

Megan Motto, CEO of Consult Australia, explains the significance of the decision to expand the list of approved institutions on the engineering skills shortage in Australia.

“By extrapolating the trends for visa holders of Britain, the US, South Africa, Canada and Malaysia, we predict the permanent engineering workforce will be boosted by a minimum of four per cent.”

“The reality is that our engineering industry desperately needs  graduates to progress through the seniority ranks in Australia to subsidise the shortage of local engineers.”

It’s expected regional areas will benefit from these changes including mining, energy and oil and gas operations. As the 476 visa can be converted to a general skilled migration, the reforms are expected to have a long-term impact on the engineering workforce.

What this means for jobseekers
If you’re a young, qualified engineer, it’s just become easier to work in Australia. As the engineering skills shortage continues to plague the Australian resources industry, government, industry, and industry associations are working together to bring more qualified people into the Australian workforce. Employers in the mining industry, oil companies and energy businesses are all experiencing a severe shortage of engineers. Now is a great time for young engineers to consider an engineering job in Australia.
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To read more, click http://www.miningoilgasjobs.com.au/Our-Blog/October-2012/900-increase-for-overseas-engineering-graduate-vis.aspx

Siempre, sa umpisa, engineers ang kailangan to launch the projects. Once a mine (and there's myriad of them) is open, it will need dump truck drivers, drillers&blasters (like Felix&RJ ), cooks, sex workers (hehe ), toilet cleaners, ... list goes on and on.

Australian Mining 27 May, 2012 AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs

You’ve heard the old saying, ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know’. [Zulacs, perhaps, when she's already there]
The prevailing opinion of many jobseekers struggling to break into the resource industry is you must know someone already working in mining to get a job.
While that may have been true in the past, things have changed dramatically in recent times.
The ‘no experience’ conundrum
The most frequently asked questions we receive at Mining Oil and Gas Jobs concern how to get that first job.
A candidate can't gain experience until given a chance, but nobody will employ an inexperienced candidate.
One way is through more apprenticeship and traineeship programs. Australian Mining reported on Rio Tinto’s plans to double their training programs.
Graduate programs have been boosted right through the industry and industry associations are working hard to meet the demand for more training.
While this is great news, it doesn’t address the immediate need for skilled workers.
Many mining companies are looking to complementary industries for their staffing needs.
Transferable skills
Julianne van Kessel, People & Culture Senior Advisor at OZ Minerals, is one hiring manager looking in new places.
“OZ Minerals employs many people from other industries and not just mining."
"With many of our support and trade roles we consider people from a manufacturing, construction or any heavy industry background.”
Another person supporting this change in staffing habits is Skye Britton, HR Administrator at ROCK Australia Mining + Civil.
“We take a lot of people who come from a general labour background whether it is civil, bricklayers, farm hands or factory workers."
“We generally need people who have an HR licence, forklift licence, working at heights, EWP (elevated work platform) and similar qualifications,” explains Ms. Britton.
“These kinds of people generally have the tickets or experience around the kind of machinery used in mining operations.”
Taking a different approach
Even with all the appropriate tickets and licences, many people struggle to get that first foot in the door.
One tactic that has worked for many jobseekers is to take a job that doesn’t require skilled training at all.
Kyla Jones, Site Director at Mining Oil and Gas Jobs advises the best way to get your start is to take a job many workers wouldn’t classify as a traditional ‘mining job’.
“Those types of roles are things like domestic cleaning with site services, gardeners, baggage handlers and bus drivers.” Ms. Jones continues, “You can earn around about $70,000 in a fly-in, fly-out situation.”
If this doesn’t sound like what you had in mind, the biggest benefit to these service jobs might well be getting to know people already in the industry.
“Once you’re in there, then there’s an opportunity to up-skill, retrain and get to know people,“ explains Ms. Jones.
The importance of persistence
Without a doubt, finding the first opportunity can be the hardest for someone wanting a mining career.
Persist in your job search and consider different avenues for entry.
Anyone with a positive mindset and a flexible attitude is going to be attractive to employers.
Would you consider taking an unskilled role just to break in to mining?
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Sarap pakinggan. Pero ang totoo, mahirap ang trabaho sa mina. Malungkot din. It's not the world of glitz and glamour. Rather, it's a rugged world.
You'll be working 12-hr shift in a remote area obscure in your labour. If a 6:1 stint, that's 6 wk on, 1 wk off. Being a FIFO with Philippines as home base, you'll be going home every wk-off.
Sugaton ka ni RG&Co sa airport, pakyao og plane to Baguio, check in a 7-star hotel and nightly gambling spree in the casino.
For the despidida on your last day, a gangbang party will be organized by FI Willy having Boholster Bar & Grill as the venue. A 16-yr-old Boholana stunner, the top of the range in Brew's collection, will be the Rino Kamiya. All your fantasies turned into awesome reality!!!!!
Will be like this every sojourn. So that when your contract ends, wa lang gihapoy kuarta. Like Felix.  
Say to yourself, "So what? I-renew ang contract". Not quite that easy. Mining has a cycle -- boom and bust. You were accepted 'coz boom time. Maabtan kag bust possible di na i-renew.
Unlike engineers, like Zulacs, as there's a dearth of them. Divert skills into exploration activities. 2/3 of WA is yet to be explored. Mining in Australia could very well go on into the next millennium.
If you don't have such skills, better be prepared for contingencies like bust.
Of course, best preparation is to save money for enrolling come bust. Invest in yourself. Acquire skills that will improve your worth next boom. Think that's what Felix is doing.

Posted: 13/06/2013 10:09:21 AM by Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Filed under: Job-seekers, Mining, Training-and-Development, Career-resources
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We often hear from jobseekers who have applied for dozens of positions in Australia’s resources hot spots such as Western Australia’s Pilbara region or Queensland’s Surat Basin and end up asking ‘Where are the skills shortages?’

A stream of rejection can make talk of ‘skills shortages’ seem redundant, but according to the AMMA-Pit Crew Labour Market Index, the demand for skilled workers on major resource and infrastructure projects is still strong. In fact, Australia’s construction workforce - people building new resource and infrastructure projects all at the same time - will reach more than 98,000 people in 2013-14.

So where is the highest demand for skilled workers?
AMMA director Tara Diamond explained that while Queensland and Western Australia are home to the majority of major projects, it’s the Northern Territory that will have the greatest skills shortages over the next 12 months.

“The AMMA Pit-Crew Labour Market Index shows demand for skilled construction and trade workers in the Northern Territory is driven by 35 major resource and infrastructure projects totaling $43.5 billion in capital value,” Ms Diamond said.

“These projects mark a strong emergence of the Territory’s LNG and minerals sector and will see a peak of 5,644 workers needed to build new projects over the next 12 months.“However our forecasting indicates the available supply of construction and trade workers in the Northern Territory might be as low as just half that demand.”

- The AMMA-Pit Crew Labour Market Index breaks down the number of major projects and their value, state-by-state.

What the AMMA-Pit Crew Labour Market Index shows:
•   There are 422 resources, energy and infrastructure projects in Australia worth $728.8 billion.
•   The number of people building resource and infrastructure projects in Australia is forecast to reach 98, 869 in 2013-14.
•   Queensland and Western Australia will need the majority of skilled workers with 33,502 and 31,051 respectively; however availability of workers in these states will just about meet demand.
•   The Northern Territory will have the highest skills demand, with as much as twice as many resource construction jobs than eligible workers.
•   South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania have the lowest demand for skilled workers.

- The Northern Territory’s skills demand is forecast to reach the ‘red’ level, indicating an undersupply of skilled workers.

What the skill shortages are:
Boilermakers and specialist welders will be in the highest demand in 2013.
Other skills in short supply include:
•   Pipe Fitters;
•   Mechanical Fitters;
•   Electrical Trades;
•   Crane Operators;
•   Riggers and Scaffolders;
•   Production Managers;
•   Experienced Production Operators; and
•   Engineering Technicians.

What it means to you:
Now that you know what skills the resource industry needs and where the greatest demand is, you can use this information to tailor your job seeking strategy.
•   If you apply for jobs in the Northern Territory, where supply is lowest and demand is highest, you    will have a better chance of securing a position in the resource industry.
•   Jobs in Western Australia and Queensland will be more highly contested than jobs in the Northern Territory.
•    If you are thinking about moving for a job in the resource industry, learn more about some of Australia’s key industry locations.
•   Haven’t got the skills you need? Learn more about gaining qualifications for high demand trades such as boilermaking and welding.
•   Want to read more of our blog posts?

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Darwin is 3.5 hours flight to Philippines. Looking at the map, Cape York Peninsula is even closer. When more mining is done, more likely to have an international airport included to eventually turn it into a world-class city. Much more likely so if enough fifo Filipinos working there will fly back to Philippines every roster out. Would be great, wouldn't it? Going home every fortnight. Hehehe. 

Darwin is the capital of Northern Territory. Many water buffalos (carabaos) roaming in that state. But of the larger variety. You could smuggle some into the Philippines. 

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Don't say I didn't warn you!!!!!