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What you actually need,
role by role.

Tickets and licences aren't the same for every FIFO job. Find your role below and see exactly what's required — and what's just a bonus.

ENTRY POINT

FIFO Utility Allrounder

One of the most common ways into FIFO. Housekeeping, kitchen hand, ground keeping, store attendant, bar attendant, mine-site cleaning.

  • Australian Driver Licence — manual
  • White Card — Construction Induction
  • National Police Clearance
  • RSA for bar/tavern roles
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Forklift Licence store / grounds roles
SKILLED

FIFO Chef

One of the best-paid pathways into camp life, for cooks who already hold their trade qualification.

  • Australian Driver Licence — Class C
  • White Card — Construction Induction
  • National Police Clearance
  • Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
  • Food Safety Supervisor — Advanced
  • Food Handler Certificate (Cert I or II)
  • RSA
  • First Aid Certificate
MOST VERSATILE

FIFO Allrounder Operator

Runs mobile equipment and handles general tasks across mining, construction and infrastructure sites — excavators, loaders, dump trucks, road maintenance.

  • Australian Driver Licence — manual
  • White Card — Construction Induction
  • National Police Clearance
  • Excavator ticket
  • Dump Truck or Haul Truck ticket
  • HRW Licence — Telehandler
  • HRWL (LF) — Forklift Licence
  • Roller ticket
  • Front-End Loader ticket widens which jobs you fit
  • Grader ticket
  • Skid Steer ticket
  • Water Cart ticket
  • Traffic Management
  • Fatigue Management
  • First Aid Certificate
TRADES SUPPORT

FIFO Trades Assistant

Supports electrical, mechanical and welding trades on-site. The role with the widest spread of specialised tickets.

  • Australian Driver Licence — Class C
  • White Card — Construction Induction
  • National Police Clearance
  • Working at Heights
  • Enter and Work in Confined Spaces
  • Gas Test Atmospheres
  • HRWL (LF) — Forklift Licence
  • EWP — Elevating Work Platform
  • First Aid Certificate
  • HC/HR Driver's Licence
HIGH VALUE

Rigger & Dogging

A bigger investment than most tickets — most people who hold these end up specialising rather than staying allrounders.

  • White Card — Construction Induction
  • Working at Heights
  • National Police Clearance
  • Rigger ticket — Basic
  • Dogging ticket
  • Rigger ticket — Intermediate
  • Rigger ticket — Advanced
  • EWP — Elevating Work Platform
  • Enter and Work in Confined Spaces
  • First Aid Certificate
HIGH VALUE

Scaffolder

Same story — a specialised, higher-cost ticket that tends to become its own career path rather than one line on an allrounder resume.

  • White Card — Construction Induction
  • Working at Heights
  • National Police Clearance
  • Scaffolding ticket — Basic
  • Scaffolding ticket — Intermediate/Advanced
  • EWP — Elevating Work Platform
  • Enter and Work in Confined Spaces
  • First Aid Certificate
Required Optional — but a real advantage
THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST

Every role above starts with an Australian driver licence. It's what tells a recruiter you can move independently on-site — without it, you can be filtered out before anything else is even considered.

Find your state's licence guide
PRO TIP

Tickets, PPE and some work-related expenses are often tax-deductible — keep every receipt.