Blog – Page 13

10 May

Trades and professional careers on show at Mt Isa workshops

No matter whether their preferred accessory is a toolbelt or a laptop, Year 10 students with a range of skills and interests have been catered for in Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA) workshops ...

09 May

Townsville students unearth mining treasure in workshop

Did you know iron, carbon and zinc are used to make the steel in whitegoods and structures like the Townsville stadium? This fact and more were part of a science workshop for Year 9 ...

07 May

Students forge trade skills and futures at Bundaberg workshop

Bundaberg and Gin Gin State High School students created electrical circuits, assembled pumps and used a virtual welder as part of their Tradies for a Day workshop.

07 May

Workshop unearths the potential of STEM

Year 10 students from Mackay and Pioneer State High Schools participated in a STEM Unearthed workshop exploring how further studies in subjects like geology, chemistry and engineering can lead to meaningful careers as geologists, ...

29 Apr

Wiring and welding all part of the tradies workshop for Bowen High students

Bowen State High Year 10 students got to wire electrical circuits and try out the virtual welder as part of their Tradies for a Day workshop. The workshop sponsor, Abbot Point Operations, provided four ...

23 Apr

Gladstone students first to experience new gas industry workshop

Year 7 students from the Gladstone region were the first to participate in a new workshop exploring all components of the gas industry from exploration to transportation.

19 Apr

Ore-some careers on show at trades camp for Central Qld students

Twenty-four senior students from Central Queensland high schools kicked off Term 2 with a trades camp based at Moranbah State High School which started with a site tour of BMA's Peak Downs mine in ...

18 Apr

Year 10 students unearth resources careers in QMEA workshop

Students from Bundaberg had the opportunity to connect their science studies with potential careers in the resources sector at a workshop sponsored by Evolution Mining.

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12 Apr

Scholarship helps Lleyton to reach new heights

BMA scholarship recipient and former QMEA Ambassador, Lleyton Peterson, reflects on his scholarship year, the start of his engineering degree at the University of Queensland and the mountains he has climbed.