Job description

So at work this week we realized my position lacks a job description. Most of my readers could probably also benefit from a quick run down of what I do. I am a drill and blast engineer at my mine. That means I design all of the blasts that happen(about 4-5 times a week) and help oversee the entire drill and blast process.

Some blast are very routine and take all of 20 min to design. Others, like the one I was looking at today, get much more complicated. A blast that is 50 m from a buried diesel line and even closer to power poles, not to mention will leave two permanent walls is a bit of a head job. I also take on projects like fragmentation studies and trialing new products and techniques. We also do vibration studies since there is a lot of infrastructure right around the pit edge that we have to protect.

One aspect of my job I'm not crazy about it how much time I spend in the office. In Wyo I was in the pits daily, and would sometimes spend all day outside. At Telfer I unfortunately spend 80-90% of my time in the office.

All in all I like my job well enough. And hey it certainly pays well enough for now.

This thing still exists?

So I've been busy this September since there was a trip to Munich in there to drink beer and eat pork with friends. Anyway Australia is just getting into spring now and the days are getting longer and much hotter especially at Telfer. My brain isn't handling the reversed seasons things great, and I keep forgetting that it is October. Anyway just a quick post, more to help myself remember this thing is around and to cross posting off my to do list. I will endeavor to update this every off swing, but hey we will see.