Fly In Fly Out

www.flyinflyout.com. has had a makeover

2010-02-04T02:16:00.001-08:00

So what has improved on Fly In Fly Out - FIFO the Website?

Well for a start there is loads more information about Jobs, Training and general industry information. Included up to date news reports on the World's resources projects.

As always FIFO features some exclusive service providers that offer great products and services to the FIFO workforce.

Ron Manner's "Mannerisms" is soon to be onboard. Ron brings a Miners perspective to sensitive issues ....

FIFO Classifieds, this is great. A combination of free listing categories for users and low cost directory listings for commercial businesses.

The ever popular FIFO Shared Accommodation is back and is starting to load up with adverts. This is a great way to find or rent your room to a FIFO, their R & R roster means a combination of time in time out for both the Rentee and Renter.

Jobs & Training in the Classifieds. This is a new section and is a very low cost job listing board, in comparison to some of the big name job boards. Sick of seeking work, why not give FIFO Classifieds Jobs and Training a go. Businesses should take advantage of this great new job board. The Classifieds website was only launched in January this year and has already had over 5000 unique visitors for the month of January 2010.

The FIFO Forum is still available. Still popular and being used to make connections and ask questions about FIFO employment and the lifestyle.

So all and all everything's going great. Log in today and start using the CLASSIFIEDS, It's Free.

http://www.flyinflyout.com.au/classifieds/

Study & Findings into the Effects of FIFO Lifestyle

2009-08-26T04:56:00.000-07:00

Susan Clifford has investigated the positive and negative aspects of working in the Western Australian mining industry.

More than 200 employees and partners discussed their experiences of 12-hour shifts, night shifts and fly-in/fly-out travelling, and the impact of these working arrangements on their stress levels, lifestyle, relationships and health.

There are about 50,000 mining employees in Western Australia, many working on fly-in/fly-out contracts and demanding work rosters.

The mining industry pays well, but overseas research shows that working conditions can affect the lifestyle and health of miners, their partners and their families.

View report here: http://www.ihs.uwa.edu.au/research/?a=409988

An Understanding and Brief History of the Fly In Fly Out Lifestyle

2009-03-03T02:39:00.000-08:00

Understanding

Fly In Fly Out (FIFO) operations are those where food and lodging is provided for employees at their work site, e.g. mining operations, offshore platforms, FPSO, support vessels and remote construction sites.

Fly In Fly Out operations require that workers live at their work site for the period of their work roster and return home, or elsewhere offsite, for their Rest & Recreation (R&R).

Work and R&R periods differ from company to company and can depend on the distance from the company’s point of operating origin to their remote location site. For example an Australian company sending workers to a Vessel in the Gulf of Mexico may stipulate a month on month off period, due to the time and cost of getting a FIFO worker to site. Some other typical roster periods for closer sites could be could be 10 days on 4 days off, 3 weeks on 1 week off commonly referred to in the industry as 10 on 4 off, 3 on 1 off, respectively.

Working this way enables employees the luxury of living with their partners, friends and families in the areas they prefer and to send their children to the schools of their choice. FIFO working operations negate the need for companies, governments and communities to create small unsustainable towns for limited project life and/or in difficult to service remote locations.

A lot of FIFO workers often spend their R&R period visiting other countries during their time off, instead of returning to their country of origin, taking advantage of this transient working lifestyle.

The Fly In Fly Out lifestyle creates a tight-knit, loyal community spread across a wide geographic area, with a unique set of attributes, issues and concerns.

Brief History

Offshore Operations
According to a CMEWA Report 2005, FIFO had its origins during the late 1940s in the offshore oil sector in the Gulf of Mexico, and has been further developed by the offshore oil industry around the world. There has been rapid growth in FIFO operations since the late 1970’s, driven largely by the expansion of the offshore oil industry due to rising oil prices and exploration imperatives.
There were an estimated 60,000 FIFO workers in the North Sea in the late 1980s.

Onshore operations

The first modern FIFO operation was in Canada, a country whose geographical dispersion of resource deposits and population [hubs], are in some ways similar to that of Australia. The last new residential mining town constructed in Canada was Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia in the late 1970s, while the last mining town constructed in Australia was Olympic Dam, South Australia in the mid 1980s (CMEWA, January 2005)