A big portion of our learning will be the projects that we will be working on. Many of these projects will take place in the local taconite mines. In order for us to be able to go on the mining property, all of the students of IRE are taking the MSHA course (Mine Safety and Health Administration). These 3 days prior to Thanksgiving break are dedicated to MSHA. During MSHA, students will learn about the dangers of working in the mines and how to avoid accidents and injuries.
Next week will allow students to put some of the things that they learned during MSHA in to context. All of us will be taking a course learning the entire process of mining, from the very beginning to the final product; through NRRI in Coleraine. Although I have worked in a mine for three years, I believe this will be a valuable course for me. It will fill in the gaps of things that I'm unsure of and will help solidify the "big picture" of projects that I will be working on in the future. I think that everyone will find this course to be rather interesting and a valuable asset to our future projects.
The week after that, most of the students will be able to put their knowledge from MSHA and the NRRI course in to practice. Some of the students will be job shadowing engineers that work in the mines. During job shadowing, we won't be working on projects necessarily. Job shadowing will allow us to see a week in the job of an engineer in industry. As I said, some of us will work in the mines, some will work in power plants and some will work in paper plants. These opportunities will provide us with some great insight of possible future careers.
Our final two days of school for the semester will consist of a study day for the FE exam, followed by taking the FE exam. It will be a great time. It's not the real FE exam, but practicing will definitely help us realize what we need to study and how well we are doing. I'm actually looking forward to taking it.
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