Shift Supervisor for underground shaft maintenance

Designing (Autodesk Inventor) and 3D-Printing of ruggedized sensor enclosures to be used in and around minesites as well as designing test benches. Teaching students to use Autodesk Inventor as well as to create, read and work with technical drawings. Testing Ultra-Wideband-Systems for underground positioning of mining equipment. Testing acoustic emission technologies in rotary rock cutting equipment for material detection while cutting. Working with surveying equipment as well as doing some underground surveying work.

Continuous Improvement of Health and Safety Procedures in one of the biggest Lignite Surface Mines in Germany. Working on Bucket Wheel Excavators as well as on Spreaders as well as Belt Maintenance. Working on the Coal Rail Line as well as getting to know the Logistics of the Mine, Refining Sites, and Power Stations. Optimizing workflows for maintenance tasks.

Underground hauling of raw slate blocks from the mining location to the shaft with a front-end dumptruck as well as loading with a wheel loader. Working with maintenance staff to learn about Equipment Maintenance. Experiencing the whole value chain from blasting access tunnels, cutting slate blocks, hauling and roof slate production.

Internationaler Jugendfreiwilligendienst (International youth voluntary service)Working in a secondary boarding school in the boarding hostel in Oamaru, New Zealand. Supervising school children aged 13 to 18, helping with schoolwork or driving them to appointments in town as well as helping out in the school's classes. Working in the school's workshop, working on the maintenance of school vehicles or general maintenance as well as working on the school's fields and farm.