Comments on: BS Mining Engineering: Skills and Factors http://academic-clinic.com/2010/01/bs-mining-engineering-skills-and-factors/ College entrance exam and science high school entrance test tips. Conquer UPCAT, ACET, USTET, DLSUCET, PSHS-NCE, and other entrance tests. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://academic-clinic.com/2010/01/bs-mining-engineering-skills-and-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-435 admin Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:10:07 +0000 http://academic-clinic.com/?p=587#comment-435 @rtb Thanks for the insight. It should help incoming college students about their future career choices. In any case, for those who are looking for mining-related work, you may try your luck overseas. Mining engineers and professionals are still in demand in Australia. Check out their <a href="http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1121i.pdf" rel="nofollow">Skilled Occupation List</a>. Information about this list (and how it will help you migrate to Australia) can be found <a href="http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/skilled-occupations/skilled-occupations.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. @rtb

Thanks for the insight. It should help incoming college students about their future career choices.

In any case, for those who are looking for mining-related work, you may try your luck overseas. Mining engineers and professionals are still in demand in Australia. Check out their Skilled Occupation List. Information about this list (and how it will help you migrate to Australia) can be found here.

]]> By: rtb http://academic-clinic.com/2010/01/bs-mining-engineering-skills-and-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-426 rtb Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:21:37 +0000 http://academic-clinic.com/?p=587#comment-426 I was a mining engineer (and a geologist). I even made it to the top 10 in both board exams. At the start, working in the mines looks like a never-ending adventure where you get paid at the same time. Then the reality of the mining industry hit home when it crashed. The mining engineers and geologists were the first to go. The worst part of it - you couldn't find a job in the other mines cause they were also laying off their people. I shifted career to IT and I haven't looked back at my mining profession. It is a cruel and thankless job. Even now, I hear from other mining professionals who are jobless after the recent financial crisis. The projects where they worked layed them off due to lack of funding. Don't let those stories about how rare Filipino mining engineers and geologists are and how much the country needs them. The reason mining professionals are rare is because the opportunities are just as scarce. You'd be better off taking some other course such as the other engineering courses, business or information technology. I was a mining engineer (and a geologist). I even made it to the top 10 in both board exams. At the start, working in the mines looks like a never-ending adventure where you get paid at the same time. Then the reality of the mining industry hit home when it crashed. The mining engineers and geologists were the first to go. The worst part of it – you couldn’t find a job in the other mines cause they were also laying off their people.

I shifted career to IT and I haven’t looked back at my mining profession. It is a cruel and thankless job. Even now, I hear from other mining professionals who are jobless after the recent financial crisis. The projects where they worked layed them off due to lack of funding.

Don’t let those stories about how rare Filipino mining engineers and geologists are and how much the country needs them. The reason mining professionals are rare is because the opportunities are just as scarce. You’d be better off taking some other course such as the other engineering courses, business or information technology.

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