Event Details

 NSW Chapter Meeting/Tour at BlueScope Steel, July 7 10.30-1pm – A piece of the action!

1. Let’s get the important bit out of the way. After a quick safety briefing at the Visitor Centre, you’ll be kitted out in safety gear (PPE) from glasses to high-visibility jackets. Armed and ready, we’ll enter the massive Steelworks plant via coach through the BlueScope Steel Northgate.
2. As the coach snakes its way in-between giant buildings and past huge stockpiles of raw materials, you’ll spot everything from monster machinery, torpedo ladels and may get to see actual molten iron being tapped from the Blast Furnace.
3. Time to turn up the heat. At the colossal Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) plant, climb to the furnace floor for the best vantage point of steel production. Inside the BOS control room, you’ll see the 1600-degree Celsius process to transform molten iron into steel.
4. We bet you’ll feel the fire under your feet as you walk the high steel gantries of the BOS and the Continuous Slab Caster. Here, you’ll see the fascinating process of pouring molten steel into casting machines up close.
5. In the tour’s final stage, you’ll journey to the Hot Strip Mill or Plate Mill. At the Hot Strip Mill, a steel slab is reheated and rolled into coils in a noisy, action-packed process – the perfect finale to your Steel Tour.

The Port Kembla Steelworks is a working industrial plant and tours may be altered to meet process, production or safety requirements

As a condition of entry all participants must adhere to the following tour clothing/footwear requirements:

Fully enclosed comfortable non slip footwear (eg sneakers/runners)

Calf length socks (no ankle socks or invisible socks)

Full length pants with no rips or splits

Participation in Steelwork Tours is subject to all guests agreeing to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – including safety helmets, coveralls, gloves, eye protection and tour-guide receivers (including ear buds) – that is hygienically prepared and provided by Inside Industry. If you foresee challenges with using any of this PPE – please make contact with us

* Please be aware the tour includes around 300-400 stairs and 2-2.5kms of walking

Please dont hesitate to let me know if you require further information.

Sessional Guest Speaker

In addition to the steelworks tour Frances Evans Occupational Hygienist  of BlueScope Australian Steel Products will be in attendance to share her experiences working in this sector from the perspective of an Occupational Hygienist

Session details

Date:   Friday July 7

Schedule:  July 7 10.30-1pm

Cost: $45 per person (Minimum of 10 people)

0.25 CM points awarded for attendance

All costs listed ex GST

*includes member of associated organizations

Location

You can find the Visitor Centre at the BlueScope Steel Northgate Entrance, Springhill Road, Coniston. The entrance displays a large Australian flag and BlueScope Steel flag.

Tours – BlueScope in the Illawarra: You know us, we make steel and we’re part of the Illawarra community – and we’re proud of it. (bluescopeillawarra.com.au)

Contact information

carmens@ansto.gov.au

0472808490

Carmen Naylor

Note; Tour has a minimum number requirement to go ahead