Velički kamen d.o.o., company based in Velika, Požega-Slavonia County in the Republic of Croatia.
With a tradition of more than 80 years, the main economic activities have been the exploitation of technical and building stone and the production of adhesives and plasters.
Velički kamen d.o.o. has a concession for 3 active exploitation fields located on the southern slopes of Papuk, where the minerals dolomite, amphibolite and tuff are located.
We are the most significant mining economic operator in terms of exploited quantities of technical and building stone in the Republic of Croatia. In 2021, we produced 2.1 million tons of technical and building stone in two quarries.
We employ 120 people directly, indirectly and more, thus contributing to the positive economic and demographic trend in Slavonia.
Internship possibilities
Current number of active applications
2
Months
June 2022
July 2022
August 2022
September 2022
October 2022
November 2022
December 2022
Duration
1 month
2 months
3 months
Internship location
Velika, Požega
Croatia
Provided
Transport
Field work
Yes
Laboratory work
Yes
Required equipment
Required: computer, cell phone and working (protective) shoes
Required education
mining
geology
chemistry
Required skills and competences
Fluency in Croatian and basic knowledge of the English language.
Work in MS office and basic understanding of the AutoCAD program.
Assignments/tasks
Students will be introduced to the current documentation as well as the production processes in quarries and the factory. They will also be introduced to our work in quality check laboratories.
After getting familiar with all the production processes, the student will, depending on their field of work, be taught about their supervisor’s jobs.
Students will have the opportunity to get acquainted with modern technology for monitoring the status of fieldwork that we use: drone and a data processing program.
Supervisors
Lidija Vukelić-Gruić, MSc Chemical Engineering
Matilda Pačarek, MSc Mining Engineering
Zdenko Mikolić, MSc Geology Engineering
Josip Čačić, MSc Mining Engineering
About supervisors
The interns would be dealing with professionals who are among the best in their profession or have been working in the factory for more than 10-15-20 years. These engineers and managers would pass on their knowledge to the interns.