WorkPac Glencore Indigenous Employment Pathways

Glencore First Nations Pathway Program 2024

WorkPac is pleased to partner with Glencore Coal Australia for their First Nations Pathways Program for 2024. The program will enable you to develop your job–readiness skills, gain experience and expand your knowledge with new challenges and opportunities to enter the mining industry.

The program involves onsite, offsite and classroom training with the support of Indigenous mentors, health and wellbeing coaching, and career guidance.

Applicants need to live in or have connection to the areas where we operate mines in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, and in the Upper Hunter Valley in New South Wales. Traditional Owners from within those areas are encouraged to apply.

​Successful participants will be employed through WorkPac for 26 weeks on a 32 hour week and will achieve a Certificate II in Surface Extraction Operations; Standard 11 (QLD only); Civil Machinery tickets; and more.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the program, applicants must:

  • be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians who live in or have connection to the areas where Glencore Coal Australia operates (Bowen Basin in QLD, and in the Upper Hunter Valley in NSW);

  • be working part-time, or unemployed and actively seeking full time employment;

  • hold a current valid driver’s license;

  • be able to provide their own transport to and from training locations and work sites; and

  • be able to meet Coal Board Medical requirements.

How to apply

Online

Apply online by completing the application form

Email

Complete the application form and email it to:

  • QLD - qldminingjobs@workpac.com; or

  • NSW - nswminingjobs@workpac.com

In Person

Complete the application form and hand it in to a WorkPac office:

Key Dates

  • Applications Open - Friday 5 January 2024

  • Applications Close - Thursday 29 February 2024

Program Dates

  • NSW - Monday 29 April 2024 – Monday 28 October 2024

  • QLD - Tuesday 7 May 2024 – Friday 31 October 2024