"The Experts in Construction Staffing"

It is still undetermined exactly when people first began mining gold, however the oldest gold artifacts were found in Varna, Necropolis in Bulgaria. The graves of the Necropolis were built between 4700 and 4200 B.C.E. This indicates that gold mining could be 7000 years old! Even the Romans used hydraulic mining methods, such as hushing and ground sluicing on a large scale to extract gold from extensive alluvial deposits, such as those at Las Medulas. In its infancy, mines were under the control of the state, but they eventually utilized construction staffing to obtain civilian contractors. Under the Eastern Roman Empire Emperor Justinian’s rule, gold was mined in Balkans, Anatolia, Armenia, Eqypt and Nubia. Gold was first found in the area of the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Bangarpet Taluk of Kolar District of Karnataka state, India, prior to the 2nd and 3rd century C.E. by the digging of small pits. Over time, these practices have evolved into the mining processes we know today.

Zimmermann Construction Staffing recently sent out a team of skilled tradesmen, Apprentice Millwrights and Journeymen Millwrights, who have been working in a Nevada gold mine. We recruited and networked, interviewed and hired 16 Millwrights who were perfect for the job. Before they could start they had to get MSHA part 48 training, which is a 24hr class broken up over two or three days. MSHA, overseen by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, is responsible for protecting miners’ safety and health by educating and regulating who can become a miner. The class that the Zimmermann Millwrights enrolled in was to cover MSHA Part 48.b, which covers everything related to above ground mining and metal mines. One of the MSHA requirements is that the miners, or mine-bound Millwrights as the case may be, is that they take an onsite tour to learn the site specific hazards.

The construction staffing order required Zimmermann to provide millwrights skilled in disassembling and reassembling industrial equipment and machinery in all areas of the mine site. I interviewed one of Zimmermann Staffing Millwrights to have him walk me through his typical day on the job. The 16 millwrights started their day by meeting at the office at 5:00am. From there, our crew of MSHA Certified Millwrights loaded into two vans and drove to the mine, which was almost an hour away. When getting to the mine site they would have to attend a one hour long Hazards Meeting where they would receive their assignments for the day. Some would work in one of the many chemical plants on site. Most of the Zimmermann Millwrights however, worked on the conveyer belts, adjusting and resetting the chains.

My interviewee went on to say that anything could happen out there, coming back from lunch to find a huge crane now towering over the spot he was just in. They would have to fill out FLRA forms, which is a form the Millwrights were required to fill out any time their work spaces changed, at any time or in any way. He said that they all seemed to learn a lot by getting placed on this job; going on to say that a handful of them even decided to pursue other certifications and training programs such as OSHA, to make them eligible for more Zimmermann Construction Staffing jobs!

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Zimmermann Staffing is a professional Construction Staffing company dedicated to providing outstanding temporary and permanent skilled tradesmen to Commercial, Industrial and Federal Contractors Nationwide. Our client base is extremely diverse and consists primarily of Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors.