{"id":1214,"date":"2025-07-16T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T00:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buma.com.au\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T00:54:19","slug":"meet-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buma.com.au\/meet-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet John"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>What is your role with BUMA Australia?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My role with BUMA Australia is Crew Trainer for B and C crew at Blackwater. I have been in this role for 4 years. Before I started working in the training department, I was an operator, operating haul trucks, graders, and dozers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How long have you worked at Blackwater? Can you tell us a bit about your career journey?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I arrived at the Blackwater site in 2012 with Downer as a green operator involved in a First Nations Traineeship. I then completed training for the grader. I spent a few years in the grader, then completed training in the dozer.<\/p>\n<p>With the haul truck, grader and dozer skill, my shifts had plenty of variety, hot seating the different machines every swing. I then completed the training to be a Trainer Assessor.\u00a0 After a couple of years in the field training, I completed the course for the Truck Simulator. That\u2019s when I accepted the role of Crew Trainer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is the exciting thing about your job?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I enjoy my position as Crew Trainer because of the people I meet. It\u2019s also rewarding to be a part of someone&#8217;s journey to becoming a competent operator.<\/p>\n<p>I was a part of the transition from Downer to BUMA Australia here in Blackwater in 2021\/2022, and I have been with BUMA Australia since. In total, I&#8217;ve been at Blackwater for 13 and a half years.<\/p>\n<p>The transition from policing to mining has been the best decision I&#8217;ve made. 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