Mining Recruitment – What To Look For
With Western Australia enjoying one of the most active mining, oil & gas industries in the country, it’s no surprise local mining companies often come to us in search of skilled, qualified personnel to join their team. So if you’re an employer looking for a recruitment company to assist with hiring new staff, look no further!
What is mining recruitment?
By its very definition, mining recruitment is the act of finding experienced staff to join the mining sector. We act as a kind of ‘go-between’ between our mining, oil & gas clients and potential employees, meaning we’ll do all the legwork for you so you can get back to doing what you do best.
Benefits of recruiting mining staff from Skillforce Recruitment
Based in Perth WA we have decades worth of experience in the industry and accumulated an impressive database of skilled mining labour hire candidates that are perfectly tailored for the West Australian mining sector. The benefits of enlisting our recruitment company to assist you to include:
EFFICIENCY
We vet all potential candidates on your behalf as well as handling all the paperwork, saving you hours and hours of time. Recruitment is our full-time business – it’s all we do. In other words, we’ll do all the advertising, interviewing, checks and screening on your behalf.
MARKET KNOWLEDGE
At Skillforce Recruitment, we constantly have our finger on the pulse of mining trends and fluctuations in Western Australia. We also know which candidates are on offer, the latest salary rates, available skill-sets and any current hiring issues in the marketplace.
CANDIDATE ACCESS
If you are having recruitment issues look no further, our database has a wide range of specialised candidates, which gives us more reach. We also have a large recruiting network to reach out to, meaning we’re more likely to be able to find your perfect person faster.
LET'S GET STARTED
A schedule of rates will be quoted to include:
- Charge rate for each hour of ordinary time
- Charge rate for each hour of overtime (typically time and a half, double time, double time and a half)
- Charge rate for applicable allowances which will be paid to the employee in various circumstances (most commonly meal allowance, but also crib allowance, travel allowance, laundry allowance, plus various industry-specific allowances – for example, an additional amount per hour for working with wet/dirty hanging birds in the poultry sector.)
The charge rates for physical hours of time (ordinary plus overtime) are typically quoted for the position at discrete classification increments, for example, level 1, level 2, etc.
All labour hire assignments whether temporary or ongoing are subject to a minimum of Four (4) hour shifts per day. This is also a Fair Work Australia requirement.
MINING INDUSTRY SECTORS WE COVER
MINING
Drilling & Blasting
Engineering & maintenance
Natural resources & water
Operations
Processing
OIL & GAS
Drilling
Engineering & maintenance
Exploration & Geoscience
Operations
Production & refinement
OTHER
Power generation & distribution
Analysis & reporting
Health, safety & environment
Management
Surveying
Not limited to the above Industries / Trades ** Skillforce Recruitment Pty Ltd services all industries and welcome your enquiry.
Western Australia is considered to be the globes leading region for mining investment and in excess of 20,000 are directly employed within the industry, but even within such an established and organised industry there are still many times when extra staff are required at short notice, either for short-term or long-term engagements.
At Skillforce Recruitment we one of the leading, most sought after recruitment agencies in Perth with specific knowledge and expertise when it comes to supplying staff to the mining industry. With experienced and qualified staff ready to work in any area of the industry, your need for staff can be met with a minimum of delay and none of the complications associated with hiring your own staff.
When you turn to us at Skillforce, the best of mining employment agencies in WA, you can be assured of a high-quality service that will exactly meet your needs and keep your productivity at the levels you expect. And as a part of our service, we take care of all payroll, superannuation and tax obligations for the staff that we supply -and charge you an all-inclusive rate that is transparent, with no hidden costs to surprise you further down the line.
Not all mining staffing agencies are the same; at Skillforce you can be assured that we will supply the appropriate worker for your vacancy – there will be no round pegs in square holes. When you want to work in partnership with the best of mining recruitment agencies or a superior construction recruitment agency, reach out to Skillforce Recruitment.
The mining industry in Western Australia is one of the states’ biggest employers and unlike many other industries, employee numbers have continued to rise over the last decade, so its not a surprise that demand for personnel within the mining sector remains high. However, recruitment is often problematic within the industry, and whether you are in need of unskilled labour or highly skilled and experienced staff with qualifications and outstanding credentials, the easiest way to fill your vacancies is by relying upon Skillforce Recruitment, one of the premier mining employment and staffing agencies in WA.
At Skillforce, we have decades of experience as a mining employment agency in Perth, and in that time have developed an extensive database of candidates suitable for all aspects of mining, from drilling and blasting, maintenance and engineering to operations and processing, and our expansive recruitment network means that we can fill your vacancies efficiently with the minimum of disruption to your operation.
If you are looking for mining recruitment agencies in Perth with a proven track record and an intimate knowledge of trends and fluctuations within the market, that can more than fulfil your needs and meet your expectations, then simply to talk to us here at Skillforce.
Let us take the strain out of recruiting for you; allow yourself to concentrate on the core of your business whilst we undertake all the tedious advertising, interviewing, screening and checks, simply providing you with great employees. Optimise your mining labour hire in Perth by entrusting the process to Skillforce Recruitment.