I am wondering what sort of opportunities we will have to contribute to IGO if successful in joining this program?
My name is Mason, I am a second year mining engineering student and I am mainly curious as to the sort of experiences we will have the opportunity to receive, and the ways we will be able to contribut
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My name is Mason, I am a second year mining engineering student and I am mainly curious as to the sort of experiences we will have the opportunity to receive, and the ways we will be able to contribute to IGO to help make the company more cost effective and efficient if we are successful in securing a position in IGO's vacation program?
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So the vacation program doesn't require any skills or knowledge to be “cost effective”. The vac program is more a good opportunity to go out to site and as an individual learn new skills that will either help back at uni or it will give you a head start for a grad program.
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Jonathan is right it doesn't require any prior skills or knowledge, but to extend on that, you will have chances to work on projects that contribute to the business. All projects are real business needs that will in some way benefit operations.
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That sounds really good, thanks. What sort of projects do you expect this might involve? Do vacation students have the opportunity to spend time learning from the mining engineers or drill and blast crew on site, for instance?
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Every vac program is different and typically tailored to the individual. In most cases IGO will have their vac students in the office, working in drill and blast doing design or change plans, other will be in ventilation or projects. My vac program involved design data visualisation to better analysis underground equipment utilisation.
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Thanks for letting me know, Jonathon. I am assuming the project you completed during your vac program has helped to improve the efficiency of the mine site. Are there any other strategies that IGO implements to help improve the mining efficiency to ensure the mining remains cost-effective given the ever changing market conditions involved with this industry?
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IGO is continuously improving and implementing new strategies; we have teams on site and off dedicated to optimisation, as it aligns with our core values of seeing beyond, igniting the spark, and never standing still. I can't go into much detail about our optimisation strategies relating to underground. But a good example would be Nova’s solar farm, during the day Nova can operate on 100% solar, reducing the operation cost and reducing carbon emissions by not running from diesel generators.
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The solar farm at Nova sounds very impressive, thanks for your time.
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No worries, happy to help with any questions you might have.
