THIRTY-SIX Essential Energy workers will lose their jobs at regional depots before Christmas as the company begins the notification process this week.
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The employees are the first of 600 people Essential Energy plans to axe by 2018 and come from 23 locations around the state.
In the central west two employees will go from Bathurst and Dubbo while one employee will be asked to leave from each of the Blayney, Forbes, Orange, Coonamble and Wellington depots.
Those made redundant will include electrical technicians, powerline workers, operations managers, senior customer service staff, meter readers, engineers, administration workers and specialist tradespeople.
The number of confirmed job cuts by regional depot are:
- Bathurst, 2
- Bega, 1
- Blayney, 1
- Broken Hill, 8
- Buronga, 2
- Coffs Harbour, 1
- Coonamble, 1
- Dubbo, 2
- Forbes, 1
- Grafton, 1
- Inverell 1
- Mclean, 1
- Murwillumbah, 1
- Nambucca Heads, 1
- Narrabri, 1
- Orange, 1
- Port Macquarie, 3
- Queanbeyan, 1
- Sydney, 1
- Tamworth, 1
- Taree, 2
- Tweed Heads, 1
- Wellington, 1