TikTok followers stunned at how much female FIFO worker earns each day as she shows off a day in her life doing odd jobs around the remote mining site
- Fly-in-fly-out worker revealed her daily earnings and what she does each day
- She took to TikTok to post about her daily routine on the remote mine site
- The FIFO utility worker said she had an ‘unskilled job’ and people can earn more
- FIFO workers that work underground in the mines easily earn six-figure salaries
A fly-in-fly-out worker has sent Aussies into a spin after she revealed how much she earns doing odd jobs at the remote mining site.
Lisa Bailey took to TikTok to show her followers what a typical day looked like cleaning mining camps and dongas, the small, demountable-style accommodation workers sleep in.
Ms Bailey revealed she earns up to $340 a day as a FIFO utility worker, with plenty of her followers admitting they thought she would’ve been on much more.
‘Only $340 for a whole day?! I thought it would be more than that,’ one wrote.
Ms Bailey was quick to respond, telling the follower it was because she was an unskilled worker.
‘If you have a trade it would be much more,’ she wrote.
In the now-viral TikTok, Ms Bailey showed herself waking up in her simple room, taking a sip of water before getting ready for the day.
Lisa Bailey (pictured) videoed herself at various stages of her daily routine at a mine site, opening a window into what it’s really like to be a FIFO worker
After brushing her teeth, Ms Bailey heads out to wash her clothes – with the provided free laundry detergent – at the camp.
She then meets up with her colleague, with the pair going room to room and conducting ‘pre-arrival checks’ for the incoming FIFO workers.
The duo then clean the laundry rooms until they’re spotless before Ms Bailey made a joke about trying to ‘not get fired’, filming the moment her ATV leaves muddy tracks in the camp.
She then makes up linen packs for incoming FIFO workers before heading to the buffet dinner at the mining camp.
Ms Bailey ends her day stacking up the massive dining room’s chairs onto tables, to allow other staff the space to sweep and mop the floors.
Her earnings of $340 a day, while lambasted by some of her followers, are nothing to scoff at.
The wage equates to around $1700 a week, and $85,000 a year, if she was working there full time.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, average weekly earnings are just above $1740.
But FIFO workers can earn upwards of $99,780 each year, with some experienced tradies raking in $134,618.
Though entry-level positions like Ms Bailey’s can start at around the $340 wage.
Ms Bailey (pictured) said the video showed her on an easy day, ‘compared to some, that’s how I had time to do some recordings’
FIFO jobs in Australia include miners, hospitality workers, tradies – like electricians and carpenters – machine operators, drivers and cleaners.
Social media users were keen to know how Ms Bailey got the job and asked about how she got her partner to join her as a FIFO worker.
Ms Bailey said she first saw the utility worker job on Facebook through Seek and four days later, had started her first shift.
Another follower asked how she managed to get her boyfriend working on the same mining site as her.
Ms Bailey said she had raved about her partner when the company was looking for more workers, and he was hired a short time later.
She said the shifts were flexible, the training for the utility worker role was extensive and said the day she filmed this was a less strenuous one.
‘It was an easy day compared to some, that’s how I had time to do some recordings,’ Ms Bailey said.
Her daily routine of cleaning, doing laundry and ‘trying not to get fired’ showed her $340 earnings for the day (pictured)
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