A CENTRAL Queensland company has turned to Poland in a drive to find hundreds of experienced underground coal miners.
A significant portion of these are likely to set up home in Rockhampton, Mastermyne Group managing director Tony Caruso said yesterday.
The company, which has one its three divisions based out of Parkhurst, has engaged international recruitment firm Randstad to source the Polish workers as it looks to add to its pool of experienced workers and complement the 150 Australians, mostly Central Queenslanders, it has trained from scratch.
Mining is one of the top industrial sectors in Poland, employing over 100,000 people in a nation of 38 million, which relies on coal to generate more than 90% of its electricity.
Mr Caruso said the Polish option had emerged because of a shortage of skilled and experienced Australians and "was not being done in lieu of using local lads".
The Morning Bulletin
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