WSP 23 Occupation Waihi Town Local Waikato Bay of Plenty New Zealand Managers 13.1% 22.5% 19.8% 18.1% 18.0% Sales Workers 11.4% 8.2% 8.7% 9.1% 9.2% Machinery Operators and Drivers 8.7% 6.8% 6.6% 6.5% 6.0% Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7% 9.0% 10.4% 10.5% 10.9% 5.4 EMPLOYMENT IN METAL ORE MINING As can be seen in Table 5-7 there is a greater percentage of people employed in the metal ore mining industry (a subset of the mining industry overall) in the Local area than at the Regional or National levels. Table 5-7. People directly employed in metal ore mining vs total job industry (2020)29. 5.4.1 OCEANAGOLD CURRENT EMPLOYMENT LEVELS30 The operations at the Waihi gold mine, as of 2020, employ 353 people. OceanaGold employ 277 directly and 76 jobs are supplied by contractors. 30 (Phoenix Research, 2021) Area Metal Ore Total job industry (%) Total Waihi Town 230 2,020 11.4% Local 239 12,755 1.9% Waikato 370 203,800 0.18% Bay of Plenty 3 137,600 0.00% New Zealand 1,100 2,317,000 0.05%
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