{"id":8074,"date":"2021-07-12T03:56:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T03:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/industry\/mining-energy-resources\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:26:26","slug":"mining-energy-resources","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/industry\/mining-energy-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining, Energy &#038; Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re fascinated by the process of extracting minerals, mathematically-minded, love a challenge and working with your hands then the mining, energy and resources sector could be for you!<\/p>\n<p>The sector employs people from a range of skill sets, and some roles offer the chance to travel interstate and internationally for work.<\/p>\n<p>The mining segment of the industry is responsible for the extraction of minerals including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coal and ores<\/li>\n<li>Crude petroleum<\/li>\n<li>Gases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organisations that operate in this sector usually own, manage and maintain mines, quarries or oil and gas wells. Some organisations also provide support services to help develop, improve and innovate core mining processes and build a stable industry.<\/p>\n<p>Main activities that take place across the sector include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oil and gas extraction and mining<\/li>\n<li>Metal ore mining<\/li>\n<li>Coal mining<\/li>\n<li>Non-metallic mineral ore mining<\/li>\n<li>Other mineral mining and quarrying<\/li>\n<li>Services to mining<\/li>\n<li>Mining exploration services<\/li>\n<li>Contract and mining support services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The energy segment of the industry focuses on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coal<\/li>\n<li>Oil<\/li>\n<li>Gas<\/li>\n<li>Electricity<\/li>\n<li>Solar<\/li>\n<li>Hydro<\/li>\n<li>Wind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australia is uniquely placed to explore the best ways to harness and distribute a wide range of energy resources to support communities while aiding sustainable practices.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside mining and energy, Australia is in the top five producers of the world&#8217;s key mineral resources, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leading producer of lead, bauxite, alumina, limonite, rutile, zircon, and tantalum.<\/li>\n<li>Second-largest producer of gold, iron ore, lead, uranium, diamonds, and zinc.<\/li>\n<li>Third-largest producer of silver and nickel.<\/li>\n<li>Fourth-largest producer of black coal and manganese.<\/li>\n<li>Fifth-largest producer of aluminium, copper and lignite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The industry is buoyed by a strong support infrastructure covering construction, engineering, trade, business and finance, transport, logistics and export &#8211; to name a few!<\/p>\n<p>The work can be extremely demanding, and many workers in the sector are required to operate on a fly-in fly-out basis to work on rural and remote sites. This means you may work for a set period in a rural location, before having a set period of downtime. It does not suit everyone\u2019s particular lifestyle but the compensation for working in such a way can be quite high.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the area of the industry you want to work in, there are entry-level right through to highly specialised and professional roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8310,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/8074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}