On Wednesday 18 June, HSC Business Studies students visited the Bluescope Steelworks site as part of the Operations Management topic.

Students learnt about the history of the site, and the operational process of producing a variety of steel output of the business. Expert guides took students to 3 critical stages of the steel making process:

• Creating liquid steel via blasting oxygen into 1700 degree molten iron
• Injecting this into moulds to produce 12 tonne bars of steel
• Rolling this 12 metre long bar into a 1km long flat piece of steel 30mm thick

The sheer size of the operation was spectacular to witness, as well as incredible chemical forces being controlled and contained in the operation. The heat emanating from the process was impressive.

HSC Business Studies students used this excursion to consolidate their understanding of the Operations Management part of the course, and conducted themselves with great responsibility, courteousness and curiosity.

Mr Ben Andersen
Learning Advisor