My workplace *pics!*

[d3funct]

Hey all,

I work at a major mineral refinery here in Perth (wont disclose which :o) and thought I would give you a tour of the joint. There are no camera's allowed on site (ShhH!) however, I took these with my Nokia N95 mobile phone, which coincidently has a 5MP camera built in! :D

My job here is an Emergency Response officer, so I have access to the company vehicles ie. Ambulance, Fire Trucks... :cool:

The main vehicles we drive are these Toyota's.
I decided to compare the articulation as you can see;
- the Landcruiser is by far the best handler... very capable.
- the Hilux is somewhat quick, but fairly limited due to its lack of articulation.
- the Troopy has upgraded suspension (Old Man Emu, 3500GVM shocks) to cope with the water tank and fire equipment on the back. Quite capable but feels very unbalanced due to the weight.

The Hilux actually had me worried, as with the back wheel off the ground, it wasnt going anywhere - I contemplated calling my boss to drag me out - then I remembered... its a Toyota; gotta lock the hubs :angel:

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Anyway, on with the show...

The raw mineral comes to us via conveyor, and it is loaded into the Ball Mills, which is crushed up to a grain to begin the refining process... here are the mills;

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This is sent over to the "mud thickners" where fluids are added, the mud is superheated, caustic is added and this allows the sand and rock to seperate from the ore, which is what we want to refine... here are the thickners;

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Im not 100% on the entire process of refining, but here are some images from around the plant anyway...

This is known as a Falling Film Evaporator;

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The main emissions tower - this while area is called "digestion" I think;

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Lime is delivered to the refinery 24/7, and it is stored here in the "Lime Tower" . You can see a truck currently unloading the lime;

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The refined mineral is stored in large 'warehouses' and long trains visit 24/7 to haul the goods away, it is then usually loaded onto a ship and sold to various clients around the world.

Here is the storage area, and a train loading the goods;

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I hope you enjoyed the tour!!! Its a great place to work.

Just for kicks, here is a pic of my adorable girl - she waits for me without fail at the door as I come home from a 12hr shift.

She's an 8yo Kelpie x Alsatian.

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[Bisho]

cheers for the insight mate. nice of you to share part of your life with us, work takes up a big part of it!

[Chucaro]

Thanks for the tour mate. I am impressed about the quality of the images :eek:
Very good considering that is from a electronic pigeon !

[ellard]

Hi there


My job here is an Emergency Response officer

SNAP - same as myself in Outback SA.

There is quite a few of us on this forum whom work in the fire/ambulance etc industry.

Many thanks for the pictures - do you have any pictures of your emergency response fleet. For example we run:

3 x Fire Trucks - Main pumper Freightlinner
3 x Ambulances - 2 x Toyota's & f-TRUCK
1 X 6X4 Toyota Rescue
4 x general runa around vehicles

All the best

Wayne

[CraigE]

MMM, maybe Alcoa, Wagerup??
I am an Emergency Services Coordinator and thought about Alcoa before coming to Ravy.

[ellard]

Hi there CraigE


MMM, maybe Alcoa, Wagerup??

That was my sort of guess as well.

All the best

Wayne

[stevo68]

Wow, great pics, I forget there is a world outside of working at home, this is about as exciting as it gets for me :)

Office Space

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More Office

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View from Office

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And thats all folks,

Regards

Stevo

[d3funct]

Seems like my location has been given up already!!!

Seeing how we are still quite metro, and a town with both Ambulance and FF troops only 10 mins away, we have only basic vehicles.

1x Ford F150 Ambulance, ex St John (5.8L V8 with 3sp Auto - 110kmh it sits on 3700rpm!!)
1x Toyota Troopy (above) - we call it the Fast Attack, first on the scene, always.
1x Hino truck.... its big, its old, and its ugly. Takes forever to start it and get it on the scen. Will be replaced this year hopefully.

2x run abouts pictured above. The Hilux is the Fire Captains ute, other one is ours which always carries 1st Aid, OxySock etc.

[CraigE]

Pic of our current fleet.
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Left to Right : Isuzu 3-4 (3tonne water 4wd), Toyota Fast Attack (600 litres water 4x4), Toyota Troopy Ambulance 4x4, Mercedes Ambulance (on hire from St John).
Fleet upgrade occuring even though Toyotas are 2004 models, non FRCP compliant. Vehicle Rescue / Hamat trailer due to arrive early March (Paull & Warner), Nissan Patrol Ambulance, twin berth 4x4 due to arrive April (Paull & Warner), 1-4 Mitsubishi Fuso (1200 litres water, twin cab, Firetech 2000, due May). Probablly will order a Mercedes Ambulance as well shortly as we are getting a lot of transfers. Will post pics when they arrive.
Cheers
Craig

[CraigE]

Seems like my location has been given up already!!!

Seeing how we are still quite metro, and a town with both Ambulance and FF troops only 10 mins away, we have only basic vehicles.

1x Ford F150 Ambulance, ex St John (5.8L V8 with 3sp Auto - 110kmh it sits on 3700rpm!!)
1x Toyota Troopy (above) - we call it the Fast Attack, first on the scene, always.
1x Hino truck.... its big, its old, and its ugly. Takes forever to start it and get it on the scen. Will be replaced this year hopefully.

2x run abouts pictured above. The Hilux is the Fire Captains ute, other one is ours which always carries 1st Aid, OxySock etc.

Does Kevin Jones and Andrew Blay still work there??
Cheers
CraigE

[ellard]

Hi there Guys

Well here is some of our fleet:

http://www.fire-brigade.asn.au/Station_Display.asp?Service_Code=SAODES&Station_Code=SAODES

Enjoy

Wayne

[d3funct]

You work at Olympic Dam - lucky you... I used to work in Kwinana at the BHP Nickelwest Nickel Refinery.

[k1000o]

Good place!!
;)

[ellard]

Hi there

Been at Olympic Dam for over 17 years - like all jobs it has its moments.

All the best

Wayne

PS its a growing place with the proposed expansion.......

[d3funct]

Im curious guys,

How did you figure out where I work so quickly - Alcoa is fair enough, the refining process is very unique... But what gave Wagerup away, we have 2 other refineries here in Perth ya know (Kwinana, and Pinjarra).

[d3funct]

Does Kevin Jones and Andrew Blay still work there??



Neither appear to be on the payroll at the moment ;)

[ellard]

How did you figure out where I work so quickly - Alcoa is fair enough, the refining process is very unique... But what gave Wagerup away, we have 2 other refineries here in Perth ya know (Kwinana, and Pinjarra).

Combination of things - but initally a good guess (and then vehciles gave it away for me - numbering on the side)

[CraigE]

Im curious guys,

How did you figure out where I work so quickly - Alcoa is fair enough, the refining process is very unique... But what gave Wagerup away, we have 2 other refineries here in Perth ya know (Kwinana, and Pinjarra).

Driven past it heaps and looked familiar. Knew it was not Kwinana, not BHP Kwinana and did not quite lok like Pinjarra. Elimination and some guess work.
I think Kevin and Andrew may be at Pinjarra.