Remote Aussie job paying $200,000: ‘Once-in-a lifetime’

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November 22, 2024

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Plumbers are among the workers who are needed. · Source: Australian Antarctic Division

Aussies with a keen sense of adventure and who don’t mind the cold could earn more than $200,000 per year by living and working in Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) has launched a major recruitment drive and is searching for tradies, chefs, medical practitioners and other workers to fill hundreds of jobs.

More than 270 of the once-in-a-lifetime jobs are up for grabs. Successful applicants will help maintain Australia’s three scientific research stations in Antarctica in David, Mason and Casey, and one on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.

Tradies are among the workers needed, with electricians and plumbers able to earn a base salary of $145,142 per year. Sparkies at the Antarctic bases will work on electrical systems, including refrigeration, the building monitoring control system, and the fire detection systems.

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Plumbers are responsible for maintaining, installing and operating building services equipment and services. Both jobs can work in either summer or winter seasons.

An Antarctic medical practitioner job is one of the highest-paid available, with a $211,592 per year base salary on offer. They will generally “be the sole medical practitioner at the station”, the AAP noted, and will provide care for anywhere between 15 to 130 people.

Station leaders can earn $202,063 per year and they will be responsible for leading a “wide range of exciting science, infrastructure and logistics programs in one of the most remote, isolated and beautiful places on the planet”.