Date post: | 24-Jan-2017 |
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THE RISK
A FEW YEARS AGO,
IN MY FINAL DAYS AT COLLEGE
I CAME ACROSS THE PROSPECT...
PRESENTATIONSTODAY
MINING INDUSTRY
OF ATTENDING AN EVENT ON
AUSTRALIAN MINING
THE CONFERENCE WAS AN
ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE
AUSTRALIAN MINING
- DRIVERLESS TRUCKS- AUTONOMOUS TRAINS- REMOTE OPERATIONS
ENGINEER’S HEAVEN
WHILE I LEARNT ABOUT IMPRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY
SOMETHING ELSE IN THE PRESENTATION,
LEFT ME INTRIGUED
AUSTRALIAN MINING
ZERO FATALITIES
SAFETY INCIDENTS
I SAW SAFETY STATISTICS UNHEARD OF
IN MY COUNTRY’s MINES
FIGURES WHICH DEPARTED SIGNIFICANTLY
FROM MY KNOWLEDGE OF MINING...
MININGclaims its 100th victim
A SECTOR DEEMED AS
COUNTRY’S MOST DANGEROUS
NONETHELESS,
CHOOSING THIS CAREER PATH
INVOLVED A GREAT RISK
WELCOME TO I.T. HEAVEN
PEACEFULROUTINE
I FOUND
MY CLASSMATES
OPTING FOR TRADITIONAL
OFFICE ROLES
WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA
WHILE I WOULD BE
CHOOSING A PROFESSION
AWAY FROM CIVILISATION
BUT,
I ALSO SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY...
TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO...
AND EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT CULTURE
I TOOK
THE LEAP OF FAITH,
APPLIED FOR
THE JOB...
AND GOT ACCEPTED AS
AN ENGINEER
THE OUTCOME
10 MONTHS
AND
6000 KM LATER
THE EXUBERANCE OF MY
FIRST DAY IN OFFICE...
SOON MORPHED INTO ANXIETY
OF THE UNKNOWN
ASSIGNED AS AN OPERATOR,
I WAS PUT THROUGH A BAPTISM BY FIRE
SPENDING LONG DAYS
IN ARDUOUS CONDITIONS...
SOON LEFT ME
EXHAUSTED
HOWEVER...
I FOUND HELP...
FROM TEAMMATES,
WHO TOOK ME UNDER THEIR WING...
AND GENEROUSLY TAUGHT ME
THEIR WAYS
EXPERIENCES
WHICH GRANTED ME INSIGHTS INTO...
THE ESSENCE OF FRONTLINE
LEADERSHIP...
AND THE CAMARADERIE OF FRIENDS
LOOKING BACK,
THESE YEARS HAVE...
TRANSFORMED
MY OUTLOOK OF LIFE...
AND
MADE ME A BETTER
HUMAN