Careers

Work Experience

Sam Duff
In week 5 of this term, I travelled down to Sydney for 4 days of work experience at JMC Academy. Throughout these four days, I experienced what it would be like to attend JMC and what it would be like as a recording artist. Throughout the four days of work experience, the seven attendees learned three songs, performed them to all the students there, recorded them in a state-of-the-art recording studio and made our own songs. This experience definitely made me want to pursue a career in music, and I would highly recommend this to any music students who are curious about what it would be like to study music at university.

“I got to be a part of some really big projects such as the Surry Hills Sydney surveying project, working with some of the instruments and equipment and being a part of their work. I attended a meeting with one of the largest tunnelling businesses in Sydney, Pells Sullivan Meynink (PSM), and I got to see their newest tunnelling project, which I was able to write about in my report.

I visited the Sydney Opera House for the first time and learnt about its design, how it was made and the overall expense and time it took to make it. I saw first-hand and went on-site to see the latest highway in Sydney being made, the Warringah Highway. At the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), I saw in VR (virtual reality) 3D-modelled mine shafts that let construction workers know the vibration waves, keeping all workers in shafts safe. This gave me a whole new perspective of what I want to do after Years 11 and 12.

Everyone was so kind and welcoming, and I had so much fun. Thanks to this work experience I now want to pursue mineral engineering which will bring further opportunities to our energy and technology sectors and will even influence how we live in the future.”

This has definitely been a highlight in my year.