THANK YOU 2020 SUPPORTERS
Dennis F. Unites Sam B. Upchurch Stephen G. Zahony
Individual Donors for William J. Siok Graduate Student Scholarship:
$1,500 - $100 level Thomas A. Enno
Jean M. Patota Richard M. Powers J. Foster Sawyer
Raymond W. Talkington Alan K. Temple Ronald J. Wallace
Less than $100 Scott F. Burns
Paul Kent Christensen Duane B. Jorgensen John D. Sorrell John W. Storb John H. Talley Martin Trso Richard S. Vandenberg
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in the field. However, communication is not only what we say, it’s our body language, tone of voice and observation of interaction or attitude between people. Nonverbal cues can tell you something is going on even before you approach the rig.
Remember to be confident in yourself and communicate with your team - you are not alone! I remember my first time walking onto a well construction site and being in awe of all the activity, moving parts, and overall scale of the drill rig and equipment being used. At first I felt out of place and was nervous to intro- duce myself to a drilling crew but after a couple of site visits I was well on my way to developing working relationships out in the field. You are bound to get into situations where you feel a bit outside of
your comfort zone and that’s okay! You have the support of your PM and other professionals within your company that will get you right back on track and help you work through any issues that may arise.
To improve your communications ASK EARLY, ASK OFTEN and WHEN IN DOUBT, REACH OUT.
Meet with your PM prior to going into the field so you are clear on what needs to be done. Make sure you are included in scheduling updates from contractors and clients so that you are up to date and prepared to go on site. Be familiar with and understand the project techni- cal specifications and as well as ongoing and upcoming tasks. Be clear on proce- dures and methodologies. If you need
clarification, review technical guidance documents and verify with your PM, especially when it comes to project- critical details. Know why you are on site and what data you will be collecting and what the data will be used for. Be aware of data trends - does collected data make sense? Anticipate problems in the field – equipment failure, noise complaints, weather delays, site access issues, site hazards, site safety, etc. Observe and reject well construction or other materi- als that do not match specifications, are damaged, and sequences or procedures that don’t match the specifications. You are the eyes and ears on site, be obser- vant, diligent, and document all events - and remember to communicate, com- municate, communicate!
Individual Donors for Student Career Workshops:
$500
Scott Tinker in Memory of C.N. (Tom) Tinker
Less than $100 Ludvig Kapllani
John P. Lockwood Eric A. LeLacheur Mihan H. McKenna Taylor Rita M. Teal
Corporate Donors:
$10,000 Terran Corporation, Brent Huntsman
$2,000 - $1,000 level Alpha Geosciences
Field Environmental Instruments and Field Data Solution on behalf of the 2020 Focused Remediation Workshops
Provectus Environmental Products, Inc. on behalf of the 2020 Focused Remediation Seminars
Thinking About Geology Mark Schaaf, CPG-10723
Heading into the new year and stretching to focus and give thought to something other than the Covid pandemic, I started to look back across my career at the places, the opportunities, the experiences, friends, challenges, and lessons learned. So much of it revolved around my career choice in earth sciences.
I
I remember back in elementary school geography, being fascinated about far-away places – the various continents, countries, languages, and cultures. To this day I remember that “light” going on and with it the desire to go visit as many of those fascinating places as possible. I wasn’t one to sit still and knew I needed to pursue an outdoor-based career. My father was a mining-engineer and got me started at a relatively
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provide this both as a shared personal 2021 commit- ment and an AIPG-membership challenge. We need more students to pursue geological science-related career tracks. My 2021 goal is to steer at least two young students towards geology. I challenge our membership to do the same. We need more young, bright (adventurous) minds in geology.
young age with mineral exploration summer jobs – mostly as a geophysical survey “grunt” running the max-min “horizontal- hoop” through northern Ontario bush or grid soil sampling in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. No surprise, I ended up pursuing geology undergraduate and graduate degrees.
I’d tell any young person with that similar “what’s over there?” curiosity to pursue a career in the Earth Sciences. If you’d prefer a job in the arid desert, thick mountain forest or perhaps the equatorial jungle and perhaps you have an unquenchable desire for adventure – the earth sciences pro- vide many such opportunities. Together with the “adventure” comes many other nice advantages:
Don’t just visit other cultures, experience them. Living in other countries for months at a time (or longer) provides a fascinating understanding to various ways of life, approaches to living, redefines community and gives truly unique perspec- tives to how life is outside the North American “bubble”.
Moving around North America itself can be fascinating: aggregate mining alone can take you outside any North
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