I'm about half way through my time at Goonyella Riverside, since I came back from my holiday in March anyway. Not much has changed at work. I'm now focussing on the short term planning for 2 pits (we are currently occupying 5 pits as contractors). It's great to have full responsibility of certain areas, and it seems to work pretty well. Being engineers though, communication is sometimes an issue.
I was hoping to get on bomb crew while it is still winter, but it doesn't look promising. It's pretty hot work in summer, as it is probably one of the most physical jobs (in the sun) on site.
I'm not doing any drill and blast engineering now as there are now two people looking after that area. I'm still working on my thesis when I can though (economics of varying powder factor vs. the dig rate revenue). I'm pretty keen to see a bit more drill and blast in metals one day, where it is usually a bit more challenging with trying to minimise grade movement.
I get to go to an internal company conference down in NSW next week, and visit one of our sites down there. I'm pretty excited about that, as I've only ever seen some of Downer's QLD sites.
About Me
- andy
- I'm like any other uni student. I like clubbing, parties with friends and surfing if I can get a chance. I grew up in Townsville and miss my great friends there, the strand and maggie, but I still get time to have fun in brissie. I'm studying Civil and Construction Engineering at QUT, and I'm finding it a lot more interesting than most people would think. I'm also doing a mining minor at UQ at the same time so that I can work in the mining industry. I hope to work on mine sites once I graduate, because I love the friendliness in small towns, and it's always more fun to brag about being involved in massive projects. Drop me an email at andrea.dale@connect.qut.edu.au if you want to know more :)
