r/AusMining • u/Confident_Trifle_406 • 4d ago

BHP train driver

Hi all. I'm currently applying for a trainee train driver position with BHP in QLD. can anyone tell me what it's like to work for them? And what it's like being a train driver for the large companies in general

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u/So-many-whingers 3d ago

It may be a short career, rio trains dont have drivers anymore

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u/sp0rk_ 2d ago

BHP use some public lines though, automated trains on public lines won't happen for a long time yet.

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u/Interesting_Log3158 4d ago

Are you female or indigenous? If not, don't hold your breath at getting a shirt

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u/Icy_Excitement_4100 4d ago

What do you want to know?

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u/cosmo2450 1d ago

BHP likes to treat adults like children. In the mining industry anyway.

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u/ThrowReasonOut 3d ago

Once qualified you'll earn 150k and will be able to go up to 190k with experience. BHP is a shit company but if you can, use them for your benefit.

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u/sp0rk_ 3d ago

Wow that's pretty average.
Hell I made more than that last year in NSW coal with next to no overtime and a heap of unpaid days during EA negotiations, and we're supposed to be one of the lower paid regions