Mining Jobs in Australia

A miner's job is to operate specialist equipment to excavate, load and transport coal, rock and ore in open cut or underground mining operations. Both open cut and underground miners can specialise as jumbo and longhole drill operators, airleg miners, longwall miner operators, continuous mining machine operators, development machine miners or mechanical bogger operators.
Some miners do not actually dig out the coal, rock, or ore. Their job is to build tunnels that make digging possible or to protect other workers from hazards. Before miners begin digging underground the work area is checked to make sure it has a safe roof support, a good air supply and no dangerous gases. The rock dust machine operator will spray the walls and floors with limestone to lessen the chance of coal dust causing breathing problems or exploding. Stopping builders will then put up walls and other structures to allow air to flow directly into work areas.

525 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 775 in the last 72 hours and 1,151 in the last week.

The average salary for open Mining jobs is currently $93,754, 9% higher than the national average salary for all jobs which is $85,909.

There are 2,756 Mining job vacancies in Australia available immediately, compared to 798 in Western Australia.

Companies presently offering Mining job vacancies in Australia include bhp billiton, Thiess, Compass Group..

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 1.57, suggesting that demand for Mining job vacancies in Australia is increasing.