b'FIFOLike many others in mining, Matt Henderson has spent a fair portion of his career flying in and out of remote areas for work. His first contact with Thiess was in 2007 when he was employed by the mine that Thiess was contracted to operate at the Curragh North Mine. I was so impressed by the superintendent that I wanted to be like him. So, I asked for a job and all my observations rang true, he says. Thiess had a bunch of seriously impressive, multi-skilled people who I wanted to be like. After a few years, he left Thiess to move to Western Australia for family reasons, returning not long after to be a FIFO worker to the Bowen Basin. We were running ten days on and four off back then, and it was a good camp. Years later, he FIFOed to Botswana for longer stints. In between those jobs he worked on sites across Western Australia and Queensland. Whereveryou go in this industry, youre out onthe landthere arent many mines in the middle of the suburbs. Thats okay.It has all aligned with my goal of wanting to be like that superintendent at Curragh North. Now, as General Manager of MACA (acquired 2022), Matt is no longer doing FIFO. But he can still connect with people who are. It suits some people and not others. These days there are opportunities out there for all kindsof work structures.Workers at the Jwaneng Mine,Botswana, c. 2016.122'