Bring a child to work: Learners see career opportunities at Sasol
Sasol put together the program to show learners how exciting and interesting the sciences and mathematics can be and also what careers they could look forward to, should they take up the subjects.
SECUNDA – Sasol held their first ‘Bring a child to work’ initiative from 23-25 October.
The aim of the initiative was to encourage learners to pursue mathematics and physical sciences. Schools from Secunda and surrounding municipalities were in attendance.
The selected schools were asked to send learners in the Grade 11 phase.
Learners who choose to pursue mathematics and physical sciences, are rare in South Africa as learners are choosing to drop the subjects because of difficulty and disinterest.
Sasol puts together the program to show learners how exciting and interesting science can be and also what careers they could look forward to, should they take up these subjects.
Representatives from the specific processes involved in production at Sasol, gave learners inside information on how the plant functions on a day to day basis and also included what their roles and functions are.
An exciting experience in the form of virtual reality allowed the learners to see inside the plant and receive an even better understanding of what actually goes on inside the process.
The virtual reality was a hit with the learners, with ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ heard throughout the experience.
It was information overload! Loads of facts like Sasol producing more than 650 products worldwide and the amount of people, electricity and water it takes to run the plant successfully, opened the learners minds to many possibilities and opportunities that are available to them.
Learners took what they could and left with a better understanding careers they could pursue.
The opportunity to have one-one-sessions with artisans, was afforded to the learners interested in broadening their knowledge in the fields they were interested in and hoped to pursue.
A mock mine was included in the tour and certificates for the completion of the tour and participation were handed to the learners.
Sasol hopes to take the positives and change the negatives as they would like to open their doors to more learners in the coming years.
