October 2020
Beginner
384 pages
12h 48m
English
There are more than 2,000 sites in the UK where quarrying (extracting material from just below the earth’s surface) takes place. Many different materials are extracted from these sites, including clay and stone for the building industry, or sand and gravel to help construct flood defences or improve the quality of beaches.
Quarry operatives are involved in the operations connected with this extraction process. Modern quarrying involves using very heavy machinery to excavate, transport, cut and crush the different products, and quarry workers operate this machinery.
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