Townsville FIFO Jobs
Townsville is the main FIFO departure point for North Queensland. Charter and commercial flights leave for Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Moranbah and the Bowen Basin, and the Galilee and Northern Goldfields sites, and a large number of Bowen Basin workers drive from Townsville rather than fly.
The jobs
Sodexo has listed village maintenance electricians ex Townsville on a 2/1 roster. Camp operators regularly recruit service attendants, chefs, housekeeping and utilities staff from Townsville for villages across the state, and the coal and copper mines fly operators, trades and supervisors from here. Ex Townsville is a common phrase in North Queensland job ads, and it means the employer pays for your flight from Townsville.
Getting in
Coal roles need a Standard 11 and coal board medical; camp roles need a police check and medical. Because so many camp operators recruit here, Townsville is one of the easier places in the country to get a first FIFO role without site experience.
Related: Queensland FIFO jobs, Mount Isa FIFO jobs, Cairns FIFO jobs and FIFO camp and village jobs.
