A Career in Quarrying (JTJS42009)
Jamie is in for a few surprises when he checks out what goes on at both an aggregate and lime quarry. The role of a quarry worker is to remove minerals, rocks and stone from a quarry site, and usually process them further into roading or construction aggregate, industrial or agricultural lime, or into a commercial ingredient for a product (such as paint fillers).
The aggregate quarry Jamie visits first extracts some 400 tonnes of rock for roads and buildings every day. Large machinery is used and Jamie can't believe his luck to get behind the wheel of the digger on site.
Checking out the lime quarry, Jamie finds out explosives are used to blast thousands of tonnes of rock away and he's the one who's going to press the detonator. The experts are called in to set up the explosives safely and then Jamie blasts away from a safe distance.
A great experience and a job that involves lots of teamwork and camaraderie, quarrying has plenty of opportunities available throughout the country and offers the chance to work with new technologies and equipment.
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