Veterans transition to mining jobs
Macmahon has initiated a series of veteran assessment days this year. Image: Macmahon. BY EMMA DAVIES MINING services contractor Macmahon and the Working Spirit group have joined forces to improve employment opportunities available to Australian defence force veterans as they transition to civilian work. Macmahon manager human resources Katherine Blacklock said most veterans had been extensively trained and their experience and knowledge was a “highly transferrable fit for many mining and associated industry roles”. “Typically, veterans breed integrity and hard work and have shown leadership under stressful conditions,” Ms Blacklock said. “Veterans often tell us the transition process can be quite jarring and many feel there is a need for a new wave of consistent government policy and direct pathways…