I came to mining as a way to expand on my skill-sets learn more on how to be a well rounded human while earning a good wage to support my family. The way that things are these days, create big silos of knowledge and experience. You do what you do and you do not have too many opportunities to try other things because there are only so many hours in a day. In mining, you have access to an unlimited amount of exposure to build a career and life. Coming from a technology background, I came to mining and learned how to work with heavy equipment, perform manual work, plan in different ways to be successful and truly engage in team work. All of this not only allowed me to branch in the areas I excelled in, but also have a global understanding of the big picture which translated to how I do things at home with my family
I love how many areas of expertise come together to learn how to thrive toward common goals. Safe, Quality, Production. We are all required and deserve to be home in one piece for our families, perform quality work to feel fulfilled and proud of what we can accomplish and produce for some-thing that is bigger than ourselves. Being able to be creative and innovative in the ways we take care of each other while overcoming very complex and challenging projects is very fulfilling.
Diversity and the ability to learn from so many different perspectives. The risk management mindset that transforms how you see your work and how you live. The overall impact you have on life by helping to produce the base metals required for the worldwide requirements. It is not only a hard core manual industry, but one that includes all walks of life and skills to create the realities of tomorrow.