Episode Details

We meet five people at the Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia, including Miranda Du Toit, Callum Bourke, Rosa Tran, Michael Thompson and Simon Took. They are at different stages of their careers but they all have one thing in common: they started at BlueScope as cadets. In each conversation, you'll learn about their career paths, skills and what motivates them in their work.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Miranda Du Toit: 1:12
3. Callum Bourke: 4:20
4. Rosa Tran: 7:30
5. Michael Thompson: 12:36
6. Simon Took: 18:10
7. Conclusion: 24:20

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• The Cadetship Experience at BlueScope (accompanying TVBlueScope video with interview excerpts)
• Chemistry
• Electrical engineering
• Materials engineering (or materials science)
• Mechanical engineering
• Faces of BlueScope: Careers in Engineering (TVBlueScope video)
• Cadet stories with Tyler Leggett, Olivia Tonitto, Ryan Jut and Elisabeth Fry (TVBlueScope videos)
• University of Wollongong
• Sustainability at BlueScope
• Learn more about our strategy and goals for climate action and sustainability in episode 25 of Voices of BlueScope.
• Safe and inclusive workplaces
• BOS = basic oxygen steelmaking
• FocusOn Basic Oxygen Steelmaking — 360-degree Tour (TVBlueScope video)
• STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths Careers at BlueScope (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn BlueScope's Innovation Laboratories, feat. weathering lab (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Materials Investigation at Central Lab (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Automatic Guided Vehicles, feat. coil shots (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Hot Strip Mill (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Continuous Casting (TVBlueScope video) — see slab-casting in action!
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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• Corporate website
• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Recorded by Tim Robinson