Education manager for mining in SA Lyndon Giles says this [training] includes shift work and moving away from home. "It's not all beer and skittles when they talk about $100,000 a year, there's a lot of challenges, particularly working in isolated areas, a long way away from family, all them come into play when you look at a career change so we try and get these people accustomed to what they are going to expect."" /> reports ABC.
Education manager for mining in SA Lyndon Giles says this [training] includes shift work and moving away from home. "It's not all beer and skittles when they talk about $100,000 a year, there's a lot of challenges, particularly working in isolated areas, a long way away from family, all them come into play when you look at a career change so we try and get these people accustomed to what they are going to expect."" />
Mining graduates have to be prepared for a drastic change in lifestyle when they enter the mining industry, and one TAFE mining course in South Australia is preparing them for it, reports ABC.
Education manager for mining in SA Lyndon Giles says this [training] includes shift work and moving away from home. “It’s not all beer and skittles when they talk about $100,000 a year, there’s a lot of challenges, particularly working in isolated areas, a long way away from family, all them come into play when you look at a career change so we try and get these people accustomed to what they are going to expect.”