Marianne Finch may only be a rookie at the controls of Dragline 13 but as Saraji’s first female Dragline Trainee, she has a strong message for her female colleagues in the mining industry: “Don’t take no for an answer”. Employed within the mining industry for almost 10 years, Marianne commenced her career driving trucks at BMA Peak Downs Mine in 2005. However it wasn’t long before she began looking for the next challenge and through sheer persistence, quickly found herself behind the wheel of the dozer - a piece of machinery traditionally only operated by males. After conquering the dozer it was onto the digger, before finally a move to BMA Saraji Mine in 2012 created an opportunity for Marianne to commence a Dragline Traineeship.