Tag: Underground Training

With more than 30 years of in-house experience on drilling techniques, maintenance and training, Ausmain has fast become renowned for its teams of drill specialists who are highly motivated, well-equipped and eager to share their technical expertise. But just as important as the ability to deliver the highest level of maintenance, the privately-owned WA company prides itself on training and mentoring its clients, both domestically and internationally. The company’s trained technicians and specialists are led by General Manager Jonathan O’Reilly and Operations Manager Daniel McLeod. Both men boast highly experienced mining industry tenures in their resumes. Jonathan is a manager with a demonstrated history of working in the equipment, servicing and training industry, skilled in developing people and identifying high...

WHY do so many new starters in mining fail? It’s not like this is a new problem, with three in five new starters failing in the first six months being a long-term industry average. It was going on when I first started underground in 1994 and continues today. Every time we hit an upswing and have to hire new starters, and there are always issues retaining them. To be fair to the employers, they have over the years (and continue to) spent large amounts of time and money to address this problem – but with limited success. Underground Training was founded by a group of Western Australian shift bosses in 2009 who were frustrated by the high turnover of the...