The Mining People Polling/Media Centre

Welcome to the Mining People Polling/Media Centre. We want to know what you think on a broad range of mining, recruitment, human resources (HR) & other mining industry topics.

Please contribute your thoughts below via our most current poll question or browse the archives of previous questions. If you have a question or wish to submit a topic for discussion, please email the team.

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Current Poll

What’s the best solution to mining’s skills shortage?

In this month’s poll, we want to know how the skills shortage has been affecting operations at your company or on your site, and what kinds of solutions you’d support.

In your experience, is the skills shortage affecting operations/productivity at your mining company/on your mine site?

Yes, it’s a big problem
A little bit, I wouldn’t say it’s a major problem
No, not at all
I don’t know

What do you think is the best solution to the skills shortage? (Rank the options according to your preference, 1 to 3.)

Introduce special visas to allow already trained and skilled workers to come from overseas
Encourage already trained and skilled local workers who have left the industry to return
Employ people who are keen to get a start in mining and give them the training they need

Finally, a little bit about you. (Remember, all answers are anonymous.)

I am a manager/supervisor
I am not a manager/supervisor.

Thanks so much for taking part in this Mining People Polling/Media Centre poll. We’ll publish the results on our website next month. You can see the results of some of our other recent polls below!

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Previous Polls

Date	Name	Votes
January 2018	What is your priority when looking for a new mining job?	336
December 2017	The Gender Pay Gap	105
November 2017	Adani’s massive Queensland Coal mine – should it go ahead or should it not?	493
October 2017	How does the mining industry handle mental health?	143
September 2017	Same-sex marriage plebiscite vote	446
August 2017	What is your favoured work and lifestyle roster? Please select just one.	1056
July 2017	How do you feel about the impact of increasing automation throughout the mining industry? Please just choose one option.	374
May 2017	What method, have you found to be the most effective, in searching for a job? (Please make ONE choice only)	355
April 2017	Do you think illicit drug usage by mining employees is becoming a bigger issue for mining companies? (Please select just one option)	791
March 2017	Major Iron Ore miners in WA have paid $0.25/tonne in State royalties since 1966. A political party suggests increasing this. The amount aside, do you agree?	449