{"id":77,"date":"2019-11-20T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpflemingcollege.com\/ertblog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2019-11-20T07:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:42:32","slug":"amy-holmes-quality-control-technician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpflemingcollege.com\/ertblog\/2019\/11\/20\/amy-holmes-quality-control-technician\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Holmes – Quality Control Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was employed at Coco Aggregates as a Quality\nControl technician for my co-op, I found the position through Career Services\nat Fleming College, where I am completing the Earth Resources Technician Co-op\ndiploma, although it was also posted on Indeed.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each day I collected samples from the various\naggregate piles for testing.  Most\nmornings, 3 samples are taken. I collected samples from the \u00be crush pile daily,\nas it is the equivalent of Granular A but from a quarry instead of a pit.  The \u00be clear, 2\u201d crush, 1 \u00bd\u201d clear are just a\nfew of the many piles I will sample from each day.  There is one minor difference in the way each\nof these are tested.  The number of fines\nin the clear samples versus the crush samples are dramatically less, meaning\nthe small splitter is not necessary during the testing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to heading into the quarry, a call to the\nloader operator is made to let them know which samples are going to be\ntaken.  The loader operator is trained in\nhow to make a proper sample pad based on the size of the pile.  The pad must be properly mixed as it is a\nsnapshot of the gradation in the pile. \nEach pile has a set of specs given by the Ontario Provincial Standard\nSpecification (OPSS).  For the aggregate\ndivision, we follow OPSS 1010, Material Specification for Aggregates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

At the Coco Aggregate quarry, only long gradation is\ncompleted as per LS-602.  Physical\nproperties and percent crushed particles are completed at qualified labs.  In our case, Durham Region would come and\ntake a sample for further testing.  When\nDurham Region arrived to take a sample, a sister sample was always taken, and a\nlong gradation test was performed.  The\nresults were very similar once completed, showing we were all doing the same\ntests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quarry I worked at for the summer was still a\nbaby.  It was only 6 years old, and not\nfound on GPS.  A neighbouring quarry was\npushing 100 years old, and still crushing daily.  We were only 70 ft deep in a small area of\nthe quarry.  The latest sink cut taking\nus to the 70 ft depth was completed just this past spring.  This season we found dolomite instead of shale\nand fossiliferous limestone.  This year\nwas like winning a jackpot for the aggregates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multiple stratified layers of limestone, shale and dolomite (Holmes, 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The best part about this specific quarry was I had\nfreedom.  I was taught how to drive a\nrock truck and loader.  I received my\nSurface Miner Common Core Certificate.  I\nwas nominated for Health and Safety Rep for the quarry.  I assisted the Operations Manager with\nProduction Reports, which describe how long we crushed, how much we crushed,\nhow many employees were part of the daily production and if there was any\ndowntime.  This was submitted daily to\nHead Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anticline and syncline approximately 30 feet below surface (Holmes, 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have been offered a permanent position with Coco upon completion of my schooling, as well as another offer at another quarry, with more of an environmental aspect to it.  I am waiting to see what more I learn this last year before I make any future decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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