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