Hi, I’m Aidan and I’m a third year geology
student at QUT, Gardens Point.
In high school I was really good with chemistry
but when I started doing my first year chemistry
subjects I realised how lab focused it was
and I didn’t want to spend all my time in
a lab.
I wanted to be outside in the fresh air, doing
hands-on things.
Almost every semester we go on field trips
that are more than 3 days.
Last semester I went to a place called Arkaroola
which is in the Flinders ranges and I would
have never of got to go to this place if I
wasn’t studying geology.
Last summer I got to do vacation work with
Rio Tinto and it was an awesome experience
because if I was to get a job in that position
it would be what I would be doing and it was
a great way to get some extra cash.
I’ve also had the opportunity to undertake
some extra work experience with a junior exploration
company and its fantastic because with this
work I get to understand what mining engineers
do as well and this.
It’s all an extra learning process for me
to understand more and hopefully when I get
a job after I graduate this experience will
help me with my career.
Hopefully I can get a job with one of the
major mining companies in the world and be
an exploration geologist and hopefully find
some really cool deposits that haven’t been
found yet.
