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What is a Geologist?
This person is involved in exploring and characterizing the quantity, properties and value of mineral resources.
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What is Mine Valuation?
This is the process of determining the worth of a specific mineral deposit.
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What is an Occupational Safety and Health Specialist?
This person has knowledge of safety principles, laws and regulations and applies them to make the workplace safe for employees.
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What is exploration?
Exploring and characterizing the quantity, quality, properties and value in mineral resources.
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What is a University?
This is the place where people receive engineering degrees upon graduation.
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What is a Petroleum Engineer?
This person is involved in the extraction of oil and gas situated in rock formations, like the Balkans.
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What is Mine Design?
After a mineral resource is located and defined, the approach to mining the deposit is engineered or designed.
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What is a Safety Engineer?
This person is an engineer who applies math, science and engineering principles to the design of systems with inherent saftey and fail-safe features.
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What is hydrogeology?
This is the study of ground and surface water conditions with respect to quality, quantity, flow and volumes.
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What is a technical institute?
This institution grants diplomas in many petroleum and mining-related careers and focuses more on technical training.
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What is a Hydrologist?
This person studies the properties, distribution and effects of water on the atmosphere, on the earth's surface and in soil and rocks.
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What is Material Handling?
This is the process of dealing with the materials that surround the mineral the companies actually want to mine.
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What is a Biologist?
This person studies the science of living organisms and life processes, including the structure, functioning, growth, origin, evolution and disribution of living organisms.
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What is geotechnical studies?
This is the study of the physical properties of soils and rocks for safe design of foundations, tunnels, excavations, pit slopes and other facilities for mining.
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What is a cooperative work study program?
This is a program which provides students with work experience while they study.
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What is a Metallurgical Engineer?
This person deals primarily with the separation of metals or materials from the ore.
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What is Rock Excavation?
This is the process for extracting the resource rock from the surrounding materials.
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What is an Environmental Engineer?
This person applies math, science and engineering principles to the design, construction and operation of economical and efficient structures, equipment and systems in the natural environment.
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What is environmental studies?
This is the study of mine waste disposal and environmental protection facilities, like tailings ponds in the Alberta oil sands.
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What is the University of Alberta?
The Canadian University that has one of the oldest and largest petroleum engineering programs in the world.
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What is an Astronaut?
This person collects specimens of rock and minerals from extra-terrestrial objects.
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What is Rock Mechanics?
This is the consideration of how well rock holds together and how the rock responds to different stresses, like water.
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What is a Health and Safety Investigator?
This is a government officer who investigates health and safety incidents when workers are seriously injured or killed on mine sites or oil and gas rig sites.
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What is management?
These are the leaders in oil and gas and exploration companies.
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What is the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta? (APEGA)
The professional association specific to Alberta which acts as a regulatory agency of engineers and geoscientists?
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