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The Plant Tour is available to Level III students each year, it compliments Work Experience and introduces them to industry practice. It also provides an overview of the physical equipment used in industry processes and is of real help to students in their final year Plant Design Project.
From a student perspective, the Plant Tour is seen as a great opportunity to experience many of the different fields available as Chemical Engineers, from wine making and alcohol distillation to steel making and mining.
In July 2007, a group of third year Chemical Engineering students visited numerous plants around South Australia. The students were accompanied by Dr Zeyad Alwahabi and Mr Michael Roberts who provided some great insights to the world of Chemical Engineering.
Companies visited include Tarac Technologies and Wolf Blass Winery at Nuriootpa, One Steel at Whyalla, Santos Fractionation Plant at Port Bonython, NRG Flinders Power Station at Port Augusta where an onsite tour of the plant gave an understanding of its operation and magnitude.
The highlight of the tour for many was the Olympic Dam Mine at Roxby Downs. Owing to the massive expansion project currently being undertaken courtesy of BHP Billiton, it is seen as a possible future employment opportunity for many Chemical Engineers.
The last stop was the Bolivar Wastewater Plant which provided a better appreciation of wastewater and its operations.
The 2007 Plant Tour provided a great opportunity to meet with those working within the industry as well as fellow classmates. Sincere thanks to all of the companies visited and to the staff who organised the adventure.
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