Are you already qualified?

No I am looking to apply for a traineeship role fifo from Mackay. Currently live in Brizzy.. not too keen on Perth though 😅

@@zoecropley7780 I don’t know many, if any companies that do fifo apprenticeships but if you get one that’s amazing! Jump on seek and have a look at the huge wage difference between QLD Bowen basin wages compared to Pilbara, headland, Karratha and gold fields. You don’t have your best Perth based once a trades person to work here either. (I’m not it just appears that way cause of the massive swings and the way I live my life. (I don’t rent or have a place in Perth) Perth is a beautiful city though and WA is definitely a state to be explored as you will see in my other vids 😊

thank you🙏🏼really appreciate your advice and response. Not an easy world to get real answers out there! Appreciate it. Agreed FIFO would be best but I’m aware that’s not the case for many places sadly. I’ll suss the difference in mine sites and wages and look into Perth a bit more, I am honestly just taking advice from people I have met along the way who have lived there. keep up your videos please they help heaps!

@@zoecropley7780 fifo apprenticeships are rare as in I don’t know of any at all. It’s not the difference in mine sites it the locality. Also wether you work for a contractor or for the mine company each has it’s different benefits depending on what you are after.

It’s hard on site as they hate phones and phone use but I’m gonna go high up and ask for permission that way. I’ll definitely do a tool run through in the next few months for sure 🙏🏽

@@Fenndog a tool run through would be great. Actually looking at starting my first mining gig as a fitter in a couple of months and that insight would be really helpful

@@ericnewman1953 yeah mad!! It definitely depends on what you work on an who you work for/with but I’ll definitely keep all that in mind when I run through.

My swings are massive and RnR short, but I wouldn’t have it any other way right now. Goal driven and unstoppable.

What country and state?

@@Fenndog Over in New South Wales.

@@jacobloft3898 so what is commercial heavy vehicles? As a course? My trade is plant mechanic.

@@Fenndog my study seems to focus quite intensely around truck, bus/heavy duty diesel engines and motors. I’m not to sure how much of it differentiates from mobile plant. Largest trucks we have at our workplace are rigids.

@@jacobloft3898 definitely not the trade quals they want doing what I do. My job is a trade up from that over here. Lots of guys upskill from heavy rd transport though.

@unclepooly I reckon the big fella has seen it 🤌🏽

Hell yeah!!!!!

If I didn’t know what I was doing I wouldn’t be getting paid the money I get nor would I be up here 😎. The company is great to work for, extremely flexible I can work as much or as little as I like (literally just did 7 weeks straight no day of by choice) As for the boots definitely know of them being Aussie, RM and Blundstone are very popular here. However it is required we wear zipside 6” boots, reason being Incase of a foot injury just unzip and remove no need to cut and the ankle support as there is so much uneven ground out here.

@@Fenndog Blundstones are highly rated. Sometimes ppl in Aussie spray themselves with a plant sprayer filled with cold water to keep cool in the hot season. It's kinda crappy, but, you do what you gotta do. Depends on Aircon etc. Hang in there, it's tech guys like yourself that keep Aussie strong in the mining game. Lotta mechanics these days are just part fitters, sometimes that's ok, but for substantial servicing, experience is worthy.

@@federalnoise definitely gets hot af up here but we just soldier on 💦💦💦

@@federalnoise Sometimes? You mean 99% of the time? Without skilled mechanical (or part) fitters, the quality and reliability of substantial servicing could be compromised. As a diag tech, I very often encounter issues stemming from poor re-assembly, so this highlights just how crucial mechanical fitters are.

I’m pretty sure you can put them on with settings

Cause they are so big pretty much everything requires a lifting aid, gym is also a pastime and great for mental health as well as physical. If I didn’t train there wouldn’t be much else to do as it’s all 12hr days work up here and I work big swings so minimal time off.

My interest started at Havieron exploration Havieron leading to Telfer about 5 years ago then got hooked on Pilbara WA, support companies and the harsh environment. Big respect to you guys out there. Could have emigrated from the UK to Aus in the 80’s but I didn’t. Big mistake by me.

@@stuarthinds848 it’s definitely one of the harshest environments in the wet season and this current site in Karratha it never rains unless it’s a cyclone but 65-90% humidity is putrid. Never to old to have a crack at it, plenty of work up here atm.

I’ve never herd of it but if it’s a mechanical trade I’d say yes

What country and state are you in. I’m a plant mechanic.

About an hour west of Brisbane, just not really sure where it can lead me. We mainly work on tractors and farm equipment.

Thanks for that 👍

@@dontsearchthis3479 it’s crazy that it’s a different trade, when I did mine there was only plant mechanic (which covers ag equipment and all earthmoving) and diesel mech which was all road going trucks. I literally did it all!!!!

Tougher than a pushrod V8 😎

Look up Fenndog_aussie_gypsy on Instagram or just google “fenndog” for socials and drop me a PM

@zoecropley7780

Sent 👍🏽

Not for everyone but you will envy my drive and the reasons I’m out here in 3 years time! Keep following my journey 😎

More import things before the Roly

Plant mechanic or HD mechanic certificate 3 www.southmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/courses/certificate-iii-engineering-fixed-and-mobile-plant-mechanic-mobile-plant-mechanic

What state you in? Try get an apprenticeship with an OEM like CAT, Hitachi, Komatsu or Liebherr. If not do research on who you do your time with, not all apprenticeships are the same and labour hire/ group training agencies are dog shit.

@@Fenndog thanks! Btw im 35 already, hopefully im not too old yet

@@generalmike-jo1cv never too old just be prepared for low wage for the first 4 years.

@@Fenndog im not Australian but I'm planning to study and migrate there. I'm a graduate of marine engineering, diesel mechanic is one of my main target course until i saw video about fifo

I doubt you earn more than me in tunneling as I was in tunneling before I got here. And I’m up 100k over what I was earning 😎 and I was over 240k in tunneling

As you know I have zero overheads as far as accommodation, travel (no commute and get paid when I do) and food. I don’t miss major city cost of living nor tunneling 😂😂😂😂😂

How long since you been in tunneling champ 😂

What premium paying you over 340 k get ya hand off it champ 😂😂😂

@@lukereynolds9907 I’ve already passed your lil 240k this financial 😎 if you know who I am you know I don’t talk shit. Right now I can turn that to 500k in my own Ute. I’m also noticing you only responded to one part of my response 😂😂 😘 you work 6-7 days a week to get your dollars near mine.