June 9, 2014 1:16 pm Leave your thoughts
In case anyone is wondering, my name is Kyle. I am working for Millar Western in Whitecourt as a roads summer student. Even though summer has been here for almost a month, I have only just started working for Millar Western. I spent the first three weeks of my summer at a field school in Lac la Biche, a required course for my degree in Forestry at the U of A.
June 3, 2014 2:25 pm Leave your thoughts
I would like to start my blog by expressing my gratitude to AV Nackawic for their willingness to be involved with such an incredible program, and to the Forest Products Association of Canada for organizing these opportunities. These student positions give us the opportunity to experience an industry setting before we graduate from our respective universities. If it wasn’t for these opportunities,
June 3, 2014 2:18 pm Leave your thoughts
Blog #2 Keeping Busy at Weyerhaeuser
Since starting my Internship with Weyerhaeuser the main question that friends and family have been asking me is what kind of jobs I am doing here. So I thought throughout the week I would take pictures and write a blog about some of the jobs that are keeping me busy!
Ribboning Planting boundaries for planters is important and can be done for many different reasons.
June 3, 2014 2:16 pm Leave your thoughts
It’s difficult to believe that I’ve been working at Millar Western for a month now. With everything that I’ve been up to, the time has passed so quickly. Some fun things that I’ve been working on include lab testing and recording of particulate matter and chemicals in the plant effluent, charting values, field work for ground water quality sampling and testing,
May 30, 2014 10:36 am Leave your thoughts
Hi everyone, I think I forgot to introduce myself in my first blog so I will do it in this one. I have just recently completed my second year at University of Toronto as an Electrical & Computer Engineering student. I will be studying in depth into Control Systems and Energy Systems while pursuing a minor in Engineer Business.
My internship here at Canfor’s Mackenzie Sawmill has been great and I have been exposed to many control systems used here in the sawmill and the planer.