What to do now? Where to look?
What if you have No Experience?
Mad Mumzie is here to help you be ready to “POUNCE” on your mining career, and stay there once you get started!
“I struggled early on, and still do sometimes.
Mining is not as easy as many people think!
Some are cut out for it, and others are not.
……Are you?”
Join up for FREE to the No Experience Pounce! email for some great tips on what you can do now and what to think about as you begin your journey to your job in the mines.
I have chosen to focus on you becoming a dump truck operator in a coal mine in Qld, because that is what I know and it is what I have been doing for over 13 years now. These tips can be used to get a foot into the mining door and help you in any mining career really.
Once you are in, you can see what else is available, what you enjoy the most and embark on many other avenues in this wonderful industry.
If you would like to be notified of any cleanskin/newbie/traineeship jobs I find, and have me help you on your journey into the mining industry, even if you have no experience? I invite you to join my POUNCE tribe.
Keen to just hook right in before the emails begin? Head to my online mining hub where I have created more resources just for you. It’s free to join, and some of the courses are free too 🙂
POUNCE! On Your Mining Job
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It is my passion to help others know what it’s really like, and to help as much as I can, in my own special Mad Mumzie style. That is why I now have a podcast “Beers With A Miner,” which is into it’s second year, and was a finalist in the Australian Podcast Awards in 2018!
Listen to the Beers With A Miner podcast for interviews with
past and current peeps working in the industry.
Mad Mumzie also shares audio blogs with insights and thoughts from how to get into the industry, to how to make your donga more homely, or how she got through a rough day with a cranky dozer driver on the dump! Start to learn the mining lingo and just what you may expect. Not everyone is cut out to be a miner, but why not? Are you?
This quick 8 question survey will help you to start thinking about your mining career, see how much you know about what to look out for as you try to get your dream job in the mines.
Click here: Your Mining Job Survey
There is so much more I want to share with you, like what to expect once you get a phone call for an interview. What about once you have a start date? What comes next? First day on the job, challenges that may arise and where help is available.
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Keen to just hook right in before the emails begin? Head to my online mining hub where I have created more resources just for you. It’s free to join, and some of the courses are free too 🙂
Hit me up on twitter, instagram and pinterest….geez all this and working 13 hour shifts!
I look forward to seeing you on the inside and helping you to take your first steps toward your job as a dump truck operator in a coal mine in Queensland.
Cheers,
Mad Mumzie
PS: Comment below and share your journey so far, any wins you have had or just to say g’day!
Thank you for the information and the passion to help others. I am committed to doing whstever necessary to get my foot in the door to eventually become a fifo haul truck operator. I am in the process of getting necessary paperwork together, white card, police clearance, senior first aid but am unsure of which operator training provider to employ to train me. Some are cheap with no connection to the industry. Some are expensive and suggest you 3ill be employed through their network, without a gaurentee of coarse. I think i need to focus on an entry at all cost and then reasses when i have some great experience. Any advice is appreciated. Once again thank you for the content. 🙂
Hi James thanks for your kind words. I too hope you get your dream job in the mines. If you sign up for the No Experience email list you will receive a few emails with tips and advice as you asked for. Cheers, MM
Well igot myself a start as trainee dump truck operator in smaller mine……start in around s month and now im shitting myself….would love info on what to expect starting…rules .saftely ect and tips and hints on how i can succeed….i learn different to others and this worries me a little…..
That is great news Millie! I will shoot you an email. It can be overwhelming when you first start because they tell you everything at once. Take in what you can and you will pick up the rest along the way. Stay out of the gossip and be a great listener. There is a lot of support these days for people who learn in many ways. If you aren’t picking it up from one trainer, perhaps a different one will help. I heard the same thing 6 times about how to turn to back up under the shovel, then I GOT IT once explained the 6th different way! Try to relax into it, enjoy the journey because yay you have your dream mining job! You will be pleased to know, but be an old hand it by then, my next course after how to get in is “You have a start date, now what!” Cheers and thanks for letting us all know, stay in touch.
Hi there ,I’m looking at a career change ,I have s11 confined space ,heights ticket ,high risk forklift ticket ,iv been welding most of my life and concreting ,hope to hear from you soon thankyou
Hi Jade thanks for saying hi. If you haven’t already may I suggest yousign up to the no experience email list. You will receive a few ideas of things you can do now that will help you on your journey into mining. Also I share jobs I come across for newbies on my Facebook Page. Just search for Mad Mumzie. See you on the inside, and good luck!
Hello
Thankyou for Mad Mumzie. I’m green, focused and determined to get into a dump truck by any avenue in any location. Looking forward to surviving & thriving in a life after divorce. Mad Mumzie is very inspiring. My vision board is what I wake upto every morning. I look forward to posting a success story. Thankyou
Hi Nicole,
Thanks for your kind words. You are the one who inspires me. To begin again after divorce is such a challenge for many of us, men and women. That is exactly where my mining journey began too. Keep believing and taking those action steps towards your goal and I am sure it will come for you. The Universe does these things at the right time I believe, so be patient is my biggest advice right now. I’m excited and can’t wait to hear more about your mining journey. PS Feel free to print any of my pictures for your vision board, cut my head out and put yours on it!! 🙂 Hope to connect with you over at https://www.facebook.com/madmumzie and also https://mining.teachable.com/ Cheers MM
I’m only looking for Dump truck operator job, but unfortunately didn’t get any, I have HR , confine, work at height, forklift, and white card, but facing very difficulties to get in, even after good reference, could u please advice me how to get in for DT operator without experience I had a basic knowledge about machine I’m dam sure once I got chance I will be learn within 4 days sound like quick learner, can u please please suggest me how to get in because that I’m
I’m in big trouble, please help me
Hi Manohar, thanks for your questions. I have created a free course to answer many of your questions. Hope it helps out a bit mate. Here is the link. Cheers. MM
https://mining.teachable.com/p/pounce/
I have had experience with working on a mine site as a cleaner and a kitchen hand, this is not new to me. I have had conversations with other females and they have given me positive feedback on working in this industry. I have no experience in as a dump truck driver but I am willing to learn and to travel to do so. I have no responsiblitities at home as the decision was easy to make
I have decided that I am looking to work as a dump truck driver and to learn how this is done. this is pruely for my own benefit and future reference. Please reply as I would like to hear from you would appreciate
Hi Phillipa, I see you have signed up on the mining school. Have fun in there, and good luck with your mining search! See you on the inside mate. Cheers, MM https://mining.teachable.com/
Hi dear MadMumzie
I’m thinking to get into the mining industry as dump truck driver . It became my dream.
I’m a girl in my 30’s with not obligations at home, I’m doing FIFO like utility worker.
I got my learning permit in August, do you think that I have a chance?
I need one ticket from private coursework or I need to get the HR driving license first?
I need some light on these doubts.
Have a amazing journey!
Maria
Hi Maria,
It’s great to hear you are wanting to get into driving trucks! Good on you mate. It will be good for you to have FIFO experience already.
I suggest going to my online courses hub where I share the answers to most of your questions. It’s free to sign up. I suggest doing the Pounce course first. Good luck and please stay in touch. All the places are shared when you sign up. Join the no experience email list on this page too for lots of great tips in your inbox.
Of course Mad Mumzie is on all the socials so I will see you somewhere. Come say hi! Oh and listen to Beers With a Miner podcast. Especially episode 2 and 3 with Karen who went from cleaner to dump truck operator.
Cheers,
Mad Mumzie
Hi my name is Robin
I had a dream 25 years ago to be a dump truck driving after having a passenger experience. Things I life hasn’t allowed me to achieve that goal until now. Question please hoping for a honest answer before I enrol in a driving course. I’m now 57 female fit and no strings attached what fo you think of my chances of employment would be.
Hi Robin. Great questions. You have a good chance, but you do need to know that thousands of people are also applying. It’s great that you are now in a position to go for your dream! Best thing I can suggest is to sign up to my free course that will answer many of your questions. Likes should you do a course? Am I too old? Here is the link:
Hi, i want to start a career in driving dump trucks in the mines. i have no experience and i don’t know where to start. i also don’t have a lot for spare money to go get tickets and licenses if i won’t get to use them. any advice or help would be great.
Hi Rebecca. I have heaps of resources for you that will answer most of your questions! If you head to https://mining.teachable.com FREE to join and many free courses there. Also listen to Beers with a Miner podcast 🙂 that’s me too. I am so passionate to help people just like you mate. Stick with me, we will make it happen. Keeps your believing boots on.
Hi, I feel like a complete change in careers but feel I may be too old (55) to be accepted into dump truck operating. I come from a family of truck (semi) drivers and so keen to give it a go but my age could be a problem. Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks. Jeanine
Hi, I feel like a complete change in careers but feel I may be too old (55) to be accepted into dump truck operating. I come from a family of truck (semi) drivers and so keen to give it a go but my age could be a problem. Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks. Jeanine
Hi Jeanine, I understand how you feel. I know many Peeps who have started at 55. If you head to my online resources at https://mining.teachable.com you will see a resource there called Pounce, It’s free. If you sign up to that there is a whole section of if you are too old, and even if you are too young. Hope to see you in there, if you are not already. Apologies for late reply, I only just saw your comment. Also there are a lot of semi drivers who can’t handle the mining way. Too much control for them-have seen a few who have tried and left, but also many who stayed. Cheers, MM & Leanne 🙂
Hi, I have just joined and love your podcasts.
I have just received a trainee dump truck position in open cut mine.
I need to go to your got a start date date, as now I’m so bloody nervous and need all the help I can get.
Hi Lesley.Congratulations on your new traineeship! Yes that is exactly why i created the ‘Got A Start Date-Now What?’ resource. This is where it all starts happening. Look forward to seeing you on the inside, and supporting you in your new mining role. Woo Hoo… happy dance time. Thanks for the kind words about the Beers With a Miner podcasts also 🙂 Means alot to hear back from my Peeps.
Cheers, Mad Mumzie/Leanne