July 12, 2013 12:43 pm Leave your thoughts
To better describe what one of my days generally consists of here is a ‘day in the life’ at Slave Lake Pulp as an Engineering Co-op student.
My daily morning greeting at the mill.
A great start to the day; a cup of coffee with a side of CAD.
July 11, 2013 10:35 am Leave your thoughts
It has been over a month now that I have been on the Helitack crew, with each day bringing new experiences! As a member of Millar Western’s Helitack crew, I am responsible for forest fire protection of company interests, as well as many other side projects, giving me a very broad exposure of the forestry industry. My first day was certainly my most memorable to date.
July 8, 2013 3:17 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello once again readers. Since I haven’t talked much about what I have been physically doing at work since my first blog, I figured it was time to provide a brief update as well as discuss some of the tasks lined up for me in the remainder of my time here.
So far, I have been continuing to work on finalizing data for the consistency meters I was trialing at the start of the summer.
July 5, 2013 11:13 am Leave your thoughts
The marginal ground trial that was supposed to start this week has been pushed back to start Monday now, due to wet ground conditions from an abundance of rain recently. Last week, I attended a SafeStart conference along with employees of other forestry companies and contractors. The conference aimed to encourage us to think about our behaviours and actions in regards to safety.
July 5, 2013 10:47 am Leave your thoughts
Safety is an integral part of both the operations and culture at all divisions of West Fraser Mills, and Slave Lake Pulp is no exception. Slave Lake Pulp is committed to the principle that no phase of operation takes precedence over accident prevention. To see evidence of this one has to look no further than the Health and Safety Philosophy that can be found plastered all throughout the mill: