7 - Trades, Transport & Equipment Operators

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"I prefer underground. There are people who've worked on surface that say they would never, ever work underground, they like the Monday to Friday.

"Well, I tried that when I started my apprenticeship. I started on surface, and it was 7:00 to 3:00. And that shift went fast. Then I realized, I have to work five days a week to get two days off. I didn't like that idea.

"And I didn't like the surface. Surface, it  seems that you're always in the spotlight, everybody's around, whereas underground it's a different world. We go down into the shop, we play music as we work and we joke around. That's the best part - we have a good time and we do our job at the same time."