QuarryEd Home - An Education and Careers Resource for teachers and students

QuarryEd Home - An Education and Careers Resource for teachers and students

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Careers - What is the extractive industry?

Careers - What's on offer?

Careers - Ladies who mine! Careers in the extractive industries are not just for men!

Careers - What do I need?

Careers - What's next?

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Where are they now? - Learn more about the lives of people who work in the extractive industry today

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Careers - Job links - Find some of the latest job vacancies in the extractive industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ladies Who Mine!

 

Women are increasingly seizing the career opportunites offered by the extractive industries!

 

Careers in the extractive industries are not just for men!

 

The industry is working hard to increase the proportion of female employees in its workforce, and women are increasingly seizing the career opportunites offered by the extractive industries.

 

Meet some ladies who mine!

Bryony Andrew - Rock Mechanics Superintendent

Emma Priestly - Director Lonrho Africa Plc

Holly Moulding - Mining Engineering Student

Kate Sommerville - Mine Planning Network Coordinator

Links

- Resourceful Women

- UK Rocks

- Quarry Products Association

- A day in the life

- QUARRY MANAGER: ROCK ROLE FOR A GIRL

- Women in Mining

- The AusIMM Women In Mining Network (WIMNet)

- Ladies who dig diamonds

- Careers Cafe

- Different Directions

- Unearth Your Future

- The many faces of mining

Where are they now? - Learn more about the lives of people who work in the extractive industry todayDig this! - Read about cutting edge mining and quarrying projects in the UK and throughout the worldFieldstudies - Discover how both active and dormant extractive sites offer fascinating fieldstudy opportunitiesWhat's yours is mined! - Find out how much the extractive industry underpins each of our daily lives