Mining Family Matters
Orica is proud to be a sponsor of Mining Family Matters, created by
Adelaide-based mining mum Alicia Ranford and journalist Lainie Anderson, Mining Family Matters is designed to
offer friendship and professional support to families across the nation coping with the pressures of fly in/fly out work rosters or life
in
isolated rural communities.
A key feature of the website, is
a series of in-depth columns and Q&A sessions with a resident psychologist
and social worker, offering advice on the unique issues facing mining families.
Other highlights include:oss the nation coping
with the pressures of fly in/fly out work rosters or life in isolated rural
communities.
Mining Family Matters has been created especially for mining families, it
also offers great benefits for the mining industry as a whole. With Australian
mining on the rebound and another skills shortage looming in the wake of the
global financial crisis, it’s imperative that companies support their labour
force by encouraging strong family bonds.
Every time a mining company loses an employee, replacement costs amount to
between 0.5 and 1.5 times the miner’s salary. A happy family makes for a happy
miner – and hopefully a more productive employee who won’t need to quit to save
his or her marriage.
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Mining
Families Rock is the world's first self-help book for mining families!
Written and published by the Mining Family Matters team (mining mum
Alicia Ranford, psychologist Angie Willcocks and journalist Lainie Anderson) the
176-page book expands on our highly successful Survival Guide for Mining
Families. It offers comprehensive support and professional advice to families
overcoming the challenges of fly-in/fly-out, drive-in/drive-out and living in
isolated mining communities.
Click
here to find out more.
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Working
Away: A Survival Guide for Families is a clever little resource tool for
companies keen to support employees who work away from their loved ones.
Based on MiningFM's original Survival Guide for Mining Families, it
features professional advice and practical tips for keeping relationships
healthy and families happy.
The 32-page, A5 guide is aimed at companies
for distribution to both new and existing employees.
Click
here to find out more
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The
Survival Guide for Mining Families is an invaluable resource tool available
to mining companies for their employees and families (launched in March 2011 and
sales are now 50,000 and rising!)
Published by Mining Family Matters,
the 32-page A5 booklet features professional advice from our registered
psychologist Angie Willcocks, with lots of practical tips for keeping
relationships healthy and families happy.
Click
here to find out more
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