working in mining industry – did you plan it or just stumbled upon an opportunity?
i grew up not knowing any mine existed but ended up spending last 10 years working at a mine in remote part of Indonesia. after a few years of US tertiary education, i came home to Indonesia with high hopes and high expectations. graduating with masters in electrical engineering and business administration, i was set to serve as a technocrat in one of the country’s research institutions working on electronic instrumentation research. after less than a year enjoying life as government employee, the country suddenly faced a multidimensional crisis which lasts till today with no end in sight.
The year was 1998, a 30-year-old regime crumbled and what happens during that period cast dark shadows of the future as a civil servant. Not being sure what the future holds i looked for a position in IT which I have a good background and landed on an IT contractor based in Australia, Mincom. That was the first time I have heard of a mine and found out that i was assigned to a large copper mine in papua and as soon as i joined the team, i was sent to that remote area of Indonesia, where the mine is located. at the time there was no intention to spend a good portion of my career in the mining industry but a few years later i am still here in papua working in different capacities at MIS department and now at geology services division to support the mine operation at the mine in papua.
my story of accidental entry to the mining industry is actually quite common at at where I work now since the mines employ more people with non-mining degrees to support the mining operations and sure is a story of a lot of people at mines all over the world that ends up working in the industry for years. How about you? share your stories…. how did you end up working in a mine?
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I got started in the mining industry through my best mate at school. His father and sister were both mining engineers, and he was keen to get into the industry as well. He basically talked me into it!!
kalo gue mas.. waktu itu emang direncanakan (secara tidak sengaja).. jadi waktu itu, gue gawe di salah satu anak perusahaan pengeboran yang sedang bekerja untuk salah satu perusahaan migas KKKS di Indonesia di offshore, dan it was cool, disamping benefit dan tipe pekerjaan yang menjadi impian, dengan gawe di site. Sampai akhirnya gue pikir, wahh gue kudu jadi salah satu karyawan di perusahaan energi manapun dengan gawe di site.. nahh pas ada lowongan untuk salah satu perusahaan tambang terbesar yang kita sempet “magang” didalamnya, gue sempet awalnya seneng banget.. tapi ujung2nya kok gue dan gue yakin the rest of “magang-ers” seperti terjebak dalam kondisi yang tidak kondusif.. well offcourse, kondisi tersebut tidak mewakili dari atmosphere perusahaan tambang.. tapi gara2 kondisi itu, gue rasa.. pilihan itu kudu sangat hati2 sekali, sebelum bener2 diputuskan akan kemana kita dan pilihan tersebut akan membawa masa depan kita kemana.. ehehehee..