Joseph Bwalya - Hired And Working With Blue Tongue As Heavy Diesel Mechanic At MACA

After onboarding through Blue Tongue’s International Talent Program, Joseph has felt warmly welcomed to Australia.

“It’s nice being here!” Joseph said.

“I already had a picture of Australian work culture from my friends that worked here before. I always wanted to work here. Besides that, we all know it’s good pay here – better than home.”

“The other thing is, Australians are very good people; very welcoming and very understanding. There are a lot of guys from New Zealand working on the mines; they are like the icing on the cake.”

“One of my friends told his family about me, and it was close to Christmas, and his mother asked him if I could join them since my family wasn’t here. I went there, it was nice, they are very good people. This has never happened in my life!”

What has working with MACA been like?

“I thought maybe it would be hard for me. When you go to a new environment, different culture and different people, I was really nervous!”

“When I started to work, I found the guys to be so helpful on how they run the systems and everything. I had to adapt quickly.”

After starting out in MACA’s Welshpool workshop, Joseph sought a FIFO position within the company to “get more money and work more hours.”

“I’m working at MACA Roy Hill. I just went there three weeks ago. They picked some good guys to start this new contract; I was lucky I was picked.”

“I was nervous, too, because it was my first time on a mining site in Australia. I wanted to know how they work, but the mining industry is similar, so it wasn’t very hard for me to blend in.”

When I started to work, I found the guys to be so helpful on how they run the systems and everything.

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Joseph Bwalya

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What’s it really like? Real stories, real people
Joseph Bwalya