FIFO Resume: Getting Shortlisted for Mining and Resource Work

• Tickets and licences – driver licence class, White Card, and any site-specific induction such as Standard 11 for Queensland coal or a current construction induction for WA sites.
• Roster availability – 2:1 and 4:3 are the common patterns; say which you can work and where you fly from.
• Medical clearance – most operators require a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol testing. State that you can pass one and when your last medical was.
• Site experience – the commodity, the equipment and the production environment. Name them.

Mining companies and labour-hire firms both run applications through screening software. Use one column, no tables for content, no text inside images, and standard headings: contact details, summary, tickets and licences, experience, plant and equipment operated, then referees. Put the tickets block above experience – it is the first filter and it must be findable by keyword.

Write in numbers and equipment names, because both are searched for:

• Operated CAT 793 and Komatsu 830E haul trucks on a 2:1 roster, achieving 98% availability across a 12-month campaign.
• Completed pre-starts and hazard reports daily; zero recordable incidents across two swings.
• Worked as driller’s offsider on RC rigs, including rod handling and sample recovery to QA standards.
• Held Standard 11 and a current HR licence; completed confined space and working at heights training.

Most people enter through trades assistant, cleaner, kitchen or utility roles, or through a labour-hire company supplying a major operator. For those applications emphasise physical capability, camp and remote living experience, punctuality across swings, and any hospitality or cleaning background. A short honest line about being away from home for weeks at a time does more than claiming you love the lifestyle.