{"id":456,"date":"2015-02-22T23:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:00:15","slug":"dirt-pays-bestology-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/22\/dirt-pays-bestology-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirt Pays!  bESTology Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #721c6b;\">Dirt Pays! \u00a0bESTology Week 5<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3261\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/womencoalmining.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3261\" alt=\"Image:  abc.net.au\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/womencoalmining-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/womencoalmining-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/womencoalmining-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: abc.net.au<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don&#8217;t turn up at all.\u201d &#8212; Sam Ewing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Miners have character and turn up their sleeves.\u00a0 Dedication, responsibility and drive exhibited by these men and women deliver essential products to us each day.\u00a0 What is your career goal?\u00a0 Will you turn up your sleeves?\u00a0 BEST students understand hard work, teamwork and product delivery while digging a successful career path. \u00a0It may be off-season, but turn up your sleeves and let\u2019s explore mining careers!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #730d77;\"><b>Resources:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ece.gov.nt.ca\/files\/Mining.pdf\">Jobs in Mining<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findaminingjob.com\/\">Find a mining job<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miningjobs.tv\/\">Mining Jobs TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.ucla.edu\/asis\/agep\/advcv.pdf\">Writing a Curriculum Vitae (CV)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/career.berkeley.edu\/guide\/resumeletterwriting.pdf\">Resume Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestinc.org\/\">BEST Teaser Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/22\/lets-make-a-video-working-in-a-coal-mine\/\"><i>Working in a Coal Mine<\/i> videos (4)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-live\/movie-maker\">Microsoft Movie Maker Free Download<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #730d77;\"><b>Data mining:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Analyze the above resource materials and breakdown the mining job descriptions and qualifications. \u00a0Choose one or two specific jobs from the list that sparks an interest and review the job qualifications.\u00a0 List your current personal qualifications for mining and then summarize the skill sets needed for a highly qualified position in the mining industry. \u00a0Predict how much of this skill set list you can acquire locally and produce a map of the locations you could travel to learn the missing pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Challenge:\u00a0 Identify 5 universities that offer a degree in mining engineering.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #730d77;\"><b>Writing:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> Using Microsoft Word, compose your employment resume or CV (curriculum vitae).\u00a0\u00a0Follow the steps recommended in the resources. \u00a0List all recommended elements, even if they are currently blank. \u00a0Formulate a path for your school career to make you a highly viable candidate for a job, scholarship, apprenticeship or college acceptance.\u00a0 Include BEST Robotics and the skills mastered through participation. Save your document and modify it with new skills and qualifications throughout your school career. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #730d77;\"><b>BEST Connection:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> Since BEST mimics industry, classify the job descriptions and attach salaries to each team member\u2019s position. \u00a0Focusing on Pay Dirt, a mining game, create a list of BEST jobs based on the mining industry, i.e. CEO of a mining company, equipment driver, marketing manager, mining engineer, etc. and calculate the associated wage for each in the real world. Produce a spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel and compute the cost\/budget needed to operate your company.\u00a0 Estimate the amount of product that must be mined in order to make a profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Fact:<\/i><\/b><i> The original Fortune 500 company list was restricted to companies whose revenues were derived from manufacturing, mining, or energy exploration. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>Challenge:<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0 Research how Fortune Magazine chooses the top 500 companies each year.\u00a0 Evaluate your BEST company and determine if it meets the Fortune 500 criteria. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #730d77;\"><b>Community Connection:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> Produce a mining career video to share with others in your BEST community.\u00a0 Incorporate the song <i>Working in a Coal Mine<\/i> by Lee Dorsey or write your own music and lyrics.\u00a0 The video should not exceed three (3) minutes in length and should include pictures or video clips of careers in the mining industry.\u00a0 The team with the BEST video will receive a plaque and recognition on Game Day 2015!\u00a0 Upload the video to Dropbox and share with<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:info@friendsofbest.org\">info@friendsofbest.org<\/a>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Videos must be received by May 15, 2015.\u00a0 Video judges will be volunteers representing a prominent mining company.\u00a0 Unleash your imagination!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Game Hint:\u00a0 View the 2015 BEST teaser video and listen to the music.\u00a0 Can you name that tune?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i><\/i><\/b><b>Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy:<\/b>\u00a0 analyze, attach, breakdown, calculate, choose, classify, compose, compute, formulate, identify, name, predict, produce, review, summarize, tell, write<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Workforce skills:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0active learning, active listening, complex problem solving, coordination, critical thinking, judgment and decision making, management of personnel resources, mathematics, monitoring, negotiation, programming, reading comprehension, speaking, systems analysis, technology design, time management, troubleshooting, writing<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download this document<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">HERE!<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dirt-Pays-bESTology-Week-5.pdf\">Dirt Pays! bESTology Week 5<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><em>While the information contained in this website has been compiled from sources believed to be current and reliable, Friends of BEST in Alabama, Inc. (FBA) cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or content changes. Links made from this website are to reputable organizations at the time of posting. However, FBA cannot be held responsible for content on such linked websites. The existence of such links does not represent an endorsement by FBA of any views expressed or products or services offered.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Copyright 2015 Friends of BEST in Alabama, Inc.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirt Pays! &nbsp;bESTology Week 5<br \/>\n&ldquo;Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don&rsquo;t turn up at all.&rdquo; &mdash; Sam Ewing<br \/>\nMiners have character and turn up their sleeves.&nbsp; Dedication, responsibility and drive exhibited by these men and women deliver essential products to us each day.&nbsp; What is your career goal?&nbsp; Will you turn up your sleeves?&nbsp; BEST students understand hard work, teamwork and product delivery while digging a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bestology-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}