We care about our environment, our community and our people. We’re minimising impact and rehabilitating the land we work on. We’re spending over a million dollars a day and supporting important initiatives in our local communities. We’re providing secure, flexible employment for thousands of local people.
We’re doing it for the future of the South West – for our future.
Training as a fitter is tough stuff. As a woman, there’s even more to consider. When she started her apprenticeship with South32, Lara soon realised the company was committed to its people and its community.
How does a ten-month contract turn into a 18-year strong career? For Sue, it comes down to family. Flexibility.
Explore Sue’s story to learn why she always wanted to work for South32 - and why she chose to stick around.
After decades staying at home with her children and working casually, Leah made the leap to work in the Drill and Blast crew at South32’s Boddington Bauxite Mine.
How did she get here, working alongside her two Daughters?
When she was twelve years old, Tarryn’s family moved down south for her Dad’s new job.
Twenty years on, Tarryn works for the same company - and is president of the social club that welcomed her into the community so many years ago.
For Mat - who plays soccer, races dirt bikes, plays guitar and piano and works on his parents farm - flexibility is important.
“Most other companies do week on, week off. We’re never on for more than five days, and then you get four or five days off,” said Mat.
She went from fidgeting in a classroom to doing work she loved - and even talking in front of hundreds of students about her experience.
Tehlia’s apprenticeship as a South32 heavy diesel mechanic has been so much more than she expected.
