Recruiter reveals the $150,000 entry-level job that doesn’t require a degree
A mining recruiter has revealed an entry-level job that pays as much as $150,000, but warned it requires tough work.
Alana Mohi said drilling offshorers would rake in the money this year with huge salaries for the entry-level job.
“This is the job that if I told someone, ‘take this job,’ that’s the job,” she said Yahoo.
“It’s an entry-level job. It’s a tough job. But I’m telling you, that job costs between $120,000 and $150,000 a year, and is one of the best entry-level jobs.”
Drilling offsiders are required to assist mining drillers in their operations.
They must prepare drill rods for the holes and maintain the systems that lubricate the drill.
They must also record the performance of the drilling and logging operations and samples, among other tasks.
Offsiders work long hours in day and night shifts, in dirty and muddy conditions.
She said a job as a drilling offsider could earn Aussies a salary of about $150,000.
Drills operate outdoors in hot, cold and rainy weather.
‘It’s a damn hard job. You have to have a very intense level of physical fitness,” Ms Mohi said.
‘But anyone who meets the criteria and follows the frameworks and protocols that we can set up can actually get such a job.’
An advertisement for an offside role compared the task to preparing for a sports season.
However, new employees can get started relatively easily when it comes to qualifications and tickets.
Potential drilling offshorers only need to bring a white card, an unrestricted C-class manual driver’s license, a heavy truck driver’s license and a national police check.
The recruiter said she expects companies will need more drilling offshorers as the government supports mineral exploration projects in Australia.
Australia has large reserves of key minerals needed for growing industries such as electric vehicles.
In the 2024-2025 federal budget, the Labor government introduced a tax incentive program to support the production and refining of crucial minerals, which would cost around $7 billion.
In addition, they will allocate up to $1.2 billion to major critical minerals projects through the Critical Minerals Facility and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.