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My main role as a Geological Assistant is core logging. I have spent five months core logging ball clay in Kingsteignton and will be moving onto china clay at the end of this year. 

I will also be given responsibility for the drilling rig in order to gain geological information on where to drill to make cross sections and block modelling of the quarry. Supervising the drill rig has been one of the many highlights I have had at the company. I have been able to see how the rig is operated and learned how cores are extracted from the ground.

During this time I have also done other roles to enhance my knowledge of different types of clays using quarry mapping and processing kaolin boreholes. I have also undertaken a yield improvement project in North Devon to support production. The most exciting thing I have done has been learning how borehole information is used to produce block models, analyse remaining reserves and resource of the mineral. This has given me an insight into how important core logging is as initial primary data. I also spent a week with the company’s surveyor where we flew a drone over the quarry to update images, which was later draped over typography data to create a 3D model.

I have been very fortunate to get a job that is relevant to my course two months after graduating. I wouldn’t change anything because having the industry experience is crucial in the career that I would like to pursue.

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