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Have you been a victim of ERMS – a secret blacklist preventing some people getting jobs?Thought id jump on here.I have applied for 3 different companies on inpex darwin. One company rang me,then it fell through because i didnt meet site requirements. The second company i had my reference checks done then it was sent to site and they turned around and said i dont have enough experience even though i was recommened to the company. Th...
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Miners hit out at industrial kill lawsLicence holders please be aware there have been two important amendments to the Electrical Safety Act 2002 recently. which is going to be policed by personnel sitting on their arse in an office. What is their qualification not only theory but practically? They cannot even get the question for license examine up to date the laws were originally...
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‘Piece of the action’: Adani jobs in line for GladstoneAdani is a fraud, not a shovel of dirt has been turned over on site, it is just a cash grab from chinese and other potential investors. The mine will never happen just a money grab for Adani India and then Adani Australia will go into administration. 13/10/17, I. Skofic
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Where have all the instrumentation specialists gone?The problem is, the electrical companies sponsor their electricians to do a two week instrument course to become a dual trade. The Supervisors don't need to be instrument qualified to sign the electricians off for a cert 4 or a cert 3 . With me only have a cert 3 and a restricted electrical licences it become very difficult to secure a new...
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Where have all the instrumentation specialists gone?
I have been in the instrumentation discipline for forty years. After ten years in Australia I am of the opinion that the instrumentation discipline locally is no longer appreciated where it is generally bundled together under the same umbrella as the qualified electrician and integration engineers leaving the required information with respect to...
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Shortage of key skills loomsUnfortunately I agree with Ramiz. Getting past the filtering was difficult as it seems companies want the 25-30 yr old qualified eng, dual trade and 5 yrs experience as-iff!. Then to be paid like a apprentice just out of their time. Get to the interview and they find you are over 45 suddenly the brakes go on and the excuses come out? The system...
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Have you been a victim of ERMS – a secret blacklist preventing some people getting jobs?
I'm glad that I found this thread, because I've been suspecting something for a while, and all I get from recruiters is a denial. It is by pure luck that I have found this thread. So, I guess I will make my story public, even though it's an old one. A few years back I worked for Newcrest Mining doing I.T Support FIFO on their Telfer operation. O...
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Fortescue's Nev Power plugs into energy debateConsumers pay for the excessive high cost of electricity because of all the price gouging and market gaming by generators, network operators and retailers. If you breakdown the cost chain from generation to the final price the customer pays you will have a better (and transparent) idea of who is profiting at the cost of the customer. It has...
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Have you been a victim of ERMS – a secret blacklist preventing some people getting jobs?
Yep I've been unemployed now since first of December 2015. Every job I apply for either get told I don't have enough experience or no reply. I have over 27 years in the industry made it all the way to superintendent. Had a falling out with my manager and boom haven't had a hit since. And this bloke is notorious for getting anonymous emails about...
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Have you been a victim of ERMS – a secret blacklist preventing some people getting jobs?
I have reason to believe that I have been given a poor ERMS score and this has impeded my ability to gain employment for the past 2 years. How do I find out what has been written on my record, which is not available for me to see. Is there any legal course of action that I can take to have the record expunged or to gain damages or both? Please...
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Have you been a victim of ERMS – a secret blacklist preventing some people getting jobs?
Hi, I believe I to am a victim of this. I had my employment terminated January 2016 by Rio Tinto, but when I asked for a separation certificate they put on it that I resigned. After being accused of bulling and harassment, having been investigated found not guilty, they then went me alledged safety breach's. Even though I had signed instructions...
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AGL, Origin and Energy Australia inflating power profitsWhat about the power given to all these Energy Providers in legislation to do what they like on your property?No one discussed it with the Landowners! I have offgrid power and it works people. $45,000 to connect to the grid 50 metres away from my living quarters. Please look up what I get for $45,000 if I buy an offgrid system and the big differ...
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Free Skype counselling for lonely Irish offered in Australia and CanadaInteresting viewpoint anonymous, however I don't think you are looking at the big picture. This service supports people from Ireland with their mental health while they are away. It is mainly aimed at the generation of the past 10 years who were either forced to go or choose to go to have a better life than they could have at home. Your expieren...
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Free Skype counselling for lonely Irish offered in Australia and Canada
Many millions of Irish people have been leaving Ireland for hundreds of years. I emigrated from Ireland 35 years ago. Many of my childhood friends are scattered around the world. I can't speak for everyone, but I was too concerned about holding down a job, keeping a roof over my head and feeding my family to have time to be depressed, addicted...
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Australia has a gold plated electricity grid - value equal to USA despite our sizeAround 1860 the enormous British investment in steam rail transport directly damaged the development of any competing transport systems. The result was a brief golden era for British rail, followed by a continuous decline of industrial output until Britain today manufactures very little. The British automotive industry was never a serious compet...
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19 Oct, 2017Councillor lone dissenter on airstrip funding
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19 Oct, 2017Cash for FIFO worker mental health
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19 Oct, 2017Isaac council claims discrimination over Carmichael coal mine jobs
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19 Oct, 2017OPINION: A council decision prompts anger from the region
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19 Oct, 2017CFMEU plans march on Master Builders over transparency move
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19 Oct, 2017UWA Engineering Design Students Visit Underground Gold Mine
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