I will be a Coal Miner - Page 2

canucks12

Canada812 Posts

April 20 2011 03:20 GMT

#21

On April 20 2011 11:49 Impervious wrote:
I'm in civil, but I've taken some intro to geotech, surveying, and other semi-related classes. I also applied to Grande Cache Coal for a co-op position, but got turned down because I'm not actually in mining engineering.....

One of the only times I regret being in Civil..... It seriously looked like it would have been an awesome place for a placement. Especially since it's only about a 1 hr drive from family of mine lol.

Have fun!

Actually, myself and 2 friends all got jobs up there. I'm sure they could probably use civils, though they may only want graduates.

Good luck wherever your work takes you.

QuanticHawk

United States32028 Posts

April 20 2011 13:48 GMT

#22

On April 20 2011 10:07 canucks12 wrote:

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Holy fucking hell... Yeah I'm pretty sure it'll be nothing like that. Watching that tunnel collapse made me cringe. Mining engineers on that site should be fired and sent back to school... god damn.

while the goal is obviously to not let shit like that happen, it's a reality of the job isn't it, that sometimes bad things will happen on rare occasions even when precautions are taken?

canucks12

Canada812 Posts

April 20 2011 18:55 GMT

#23

On April 20 2011 22:48 Hawk wrote:

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while the goal is obviously to not let shit like that happen, it's a reality of the job isn't it, that sometimes bad things will happen on rare occasions even when precautions are taken?

You could say that, but if you take the correct precautions, it shouldn't happen. I don't know if they did it for the dramatic effect for the show - it could have all been staged - but when I watched, I didn't see any rock bolts or even meshing on the ceiling...

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