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Central Queensland’s booming resources and energy industry has numerous jobs waiting to be filled by competent, enthusiastic locals keen to secure employment.
Queensland Resources Council (QRC) chief executive Ian Macfarlane said across the state there were more than 1000 jobs the Queensland resources and energy sector was looking to fill.
In Central Queensland alone there are currently 84 vacant positions on Seek in Rockhampton, the Capricorn Coast and Gladstone.
Mr Macfarlane said Queensland’s resources sector supported more than 420,000 jobs across the state, and despite COVID-19, international market conditions and commodity price fluctuations the sector was continuing to hire staff.
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Subscriber only A small number of labour hire jobs have been slashed at BMA s Caval Ridge mine following the commissioning of a new truck fleet. It comes after the Queensland Resources Council touted new figures showing the state recorded the highest number of coal jobs ever reported in the September to November 2020 quarter. The
Daily Mercury understands fewer than 10 labour hire operators have been let go from the Moranbah mine. A BHP spokesman said the commissioning of a new truck fleet at Caval Ridge had resulted in some role redeployments and a small number of labour hire roles no longer required. Â