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Sean LancasterMining Engineering
“The scholarship has given me a sense of pride and motivates me to do better at university, because I really want to prove my worth in the mining engineering world" |
Discovering a family connection turned Sean Lancaster’s mind to mining engineering. “I’d never really heard of mining engineering until one day my grandfather told me that’s what my uncle used to do and he really enjoyed it,” the 18-year-old says. “I did more research and discovered there are lots of different aspects to it with the promise of lots of future growth.”
Although just a few months into his first year of studies, Lancaster has his eyes firmly set on that growth. “In the future there’s going to be a focus on automation and areas like that: I definitely like the technology side and the fact it has a lot of space to grow,” he says.
The opportunity to see the world through work is also a drawcard. “Mining engineering has lots of travel opportunities and you can essentially choose where you want to work,” Lancaster says. “I think it would be really interesting working in African countries or northern Asia, Canada or South America. The good thing about mining engineering is there are essentially operations in every part of the world.”
Lancaster is grateful to the Playford Trust scholarship for helping to make these dreams come true. “It’s going to take some pressure off and allow me to focus more on university work,” he says. “It’s definitely given me a sense of pride and motivates me to do better at university, because I really want to prove my worth in the mining engineering world.”
Although just a few months into his first year of studies, Lancaster has his eyes firmly set on that growth. “In the future there’s going to be a focus on automation and areas like that: I definitely like the technology side and the fact it has a lot of space to grow,” he says.
The opportunity to see the world through work is also a drawcard. “Mining engineering has lots of travel opportunities and you can essentially choose where you want to work,” Lancaster says. “I think it would be really interesting working in African countries or northern Asia, Canada or South America. The good thing about mining engineering is there are essentially operations in every part of the world.”
Lancaster is grateful to the Playford Trust scholarship for helping to make these dreams come true. “It’s going to take some pressure off and allow me to focus more on university work,” he says. “It’s definitely given me a sense of pride and motivates me to do better at university, because I really want to prove my worth in the mining engineering world.”