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BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has welcomed 51 new apprentices to its operations in the Bowen Basin including Queensland locals.

Premium Content Subscriber only The largest cohort of apprentices are taking their first steps in a career in mining as recruitment ramps up for additional trainees. Nine apprentices from the greater Mackay area are part of the cohort of 60 to take up positions on completion of BMA's Work Readiness Program at Emerald TAFE. The 2021 intake has almost 60 per cent female representation, 23 per cent Indigenous representation and more than 85 per cent are from regional Queensland. Summer Aprile is an apprentice plumber originally from Mackay and will take up a position at Hay Point. Having wo...

Premium Content Subscriber only Sixty new apprentices begin work with BMA in the Bowen Basin this week, with a recruitment drive is underway for more than 60 more. The Class of ’21 is a diverse group, with more female apprentices than male, from school leavers through to mature age. More than 85 per cent of them come from regional Queensland and nearly one-quarter are Indigenous. Sixty New BMA Apprentices have completed the Work Readiness Program at Emerald TAFE Chloe Tougher, who just finished Year 12 at Yeppoon High School, is heading to Blackwater to begin her boilermaker apprenticeshi...