An exploration of the nature and practicalities of studying and developing a career in geoscience. Aimed at senior high school students contemplating their study and career options.

1. Careers
in
Geoscience
Dr
Geoff
Ba/
Research
Associate
Professor
ExxonMobil
Fellow

3. Geology
is
the
study
of
rocks...

4. ...in
the
same
way
that
English
Literature
is
the
study
of
words

5. 5

8. Image
produced
by
Shuxia
Zhang
and
Shuo
Wang
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
SupercompuHng
InsHtute

12. Images
from
the
USGS
NaHonal
Ice
Core
Lab,

13. Images
from
the
USGS
NaHonal
Ice
Core
Lab,

14. Images
from
the
USGS
NaHonal
Ice
Core
Lab,

16. Careers
in
Geoscience

17. Mineral
ExploraHon
Mining
Petroleum
Environmental
science
Groundwater
State
and
naHonal
exploraHon
Public
service
Financial
analysis
Company
director
Management
Resources Environment Non-­‐geoscience
BroadcasHng
ConservaHon
Research Planning
Research
Tourism

19. Mining

20. Kalgoorlie
mining
operaHons
Courtesy
Newcrest
Mining
Ltd

21. Kalgoorlie
mining
operaHons
Courtesy
Newcrest
Mining
Ltd
“WMC
[Western
Mining
CorporaHon]
a/ributes
its
growth
enHrely
to
successful
exploraHon
which,
in
turn,
is
a/ributed
to
the
successful
applicaHon
of
geological
science.”
Roy
Woodal
Former
Director
of
ExploraBon,
WMC,
1983

22. Kalgoorlie
mining
operaHons
Courtesy
Newcrest
Mining
Ltd
“Over
the
next
50
years
we
will
need
to
find
and
mine
up
to
five
Hmes
all
the
metal
produced
to
date.”
Professor
Brian
Skinner
Yale
University,
2000

26. The
resources
sector
is
regarded
as
the
highest
paying
of
all
industries
in
Australia
Chamber
of
Minerals
and
Energy

27. Earnings
in
the
top
10%
naHonally
Australian
Bureau
of
StaBsBcs
The
resources
sector
is
regarded
as
the
highest
paying
of
all
industries
in
Australia
Chamber
of
Minerals
and
Energy

28. Hays
Salary
Survey
and
Guide,
2011
C
C
Mining
Geology
C
CPetroleum
Geology
Earnings
in
the
top
10%
naHonally
Australian
Bureau
of
StaBsBcs
The
resources
sector
is
regarded
as
the
highest
paying
of
all
industries
in
Australia
Chamber
of
Minerals
and
Energy

30. Renewable
Energy

31. “Our
aim
is
to
make
Perth
the
first
geothermally
cooled
city
in
the
coming
decades.”
Professor
Klaus
Regenauer-­‐Lieb
Western
Australian
Geothermal
Centre
of
Excellence

33. Hydrogeology

34. “The
last
major
diverHble
surface
resources
close
to
the
Perth
–
Bunbury
axis
have
now
been
developed.”
Economic
RegulaBon
Authority
of
Western
Australia,
2004

35. Australian
Government
Bureau
of
Rural
Sciences,
2007
Groundwater
extracHon
doubled
in
Australia
between
1985
and
1997
50%
of
Perth’s
fresh
water
comes
from
groundwater

37. Agriculture

39. Social
Impact

40. Some
of
the
more
important
decisions
the
community
will
make
in
the
decades
ahead
relate
to
our
stewardship
of
the
Earth.
We
need
to
have
available
the
technical
capability
and
capacity
to
make
and
implement
these
key
decisions,
and
the
general
community
needs
a
basic
understanding
of
how
our
planet
works.
Dr
David
Denham
President
,
Australian
InsHtute
of
GeoscienHsts
Submission
to
Senate
Enquiry
into
TerBary
EducaBon,
2001

41. 28
...the
general
community
needs
a
basic
understanding
of
how
our
planet
works

42. “SomeHmes
I
think
we
are
alone
in
the
universe,
someHmes
I
think
we
aren't:
in
both
cases,
the
idea
makes
me
dizzy”
Arthur
C.
Clarke

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44. Ba#
Careers
Seminar,
May
2013