Rhona Cartwright – Career Path Options & Planning
Beginning a career in geology can open up more doors than you realise which can be daunting, but equally exciting. During my undergraduate geology degree in Scotland, the oil and gas market crashed between 2014 and 2016, thus a plan B was needed. Wanting to build on my geology knowledge, it was suggested I look into hydrogeology. Having done little in my undergraduate course on the subject, I decided to take the leap and completed a masters in Hydrogeology. Fast forward five years, I have relocated from Scotland to Tasmania (via Brisbane) and have a wide range of practical experiences under my belt. The intent of the presentation is to share my experiences and knowledge to date and to show what an alternative geology career looks like.

About Rhona Cartwright (Klohn Crippen Berger)
Rhona is an early career hydrogeologist with five years experience working in Scotland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. She has worked on a range of projects across a variety of geological and climatic terrains and often in remote and logistically challenging environment. Her experience includes desktop assessment and design to support mining and water resource projects, comprising conceptualisations, impacts and performance predictions and technical writing. Rhona also has substantial field experience including supervision of drilling programs, bore construction design, bore installation, stratigraphic logging and groundwater sampling and analysis.