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Mineral Processing Operator Pre-Employment Training Program Courses

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002-245 - Orientation for the Industrial Workplace
738-002 - Mineral Processing Safety
738-003 - Mineral Processing Operations
738-004 - Mineral Processing Equipment
738-005 - Mineral Processing Foundations
738-101 - Mineral Processing Site Training
002-245 - Orientation for the Industrial Workplace

This five-session course addresses personal/life management topics targeted at assisting the participants in making a successful transition to the industrial workplace. Topics covered include employer/employee expectations, introduction to rotational work, balance and wellness, managing stress, managing money, and communication on the job.

738-002 - Mineral Processing Safety

Safety in the mine is essential. There are numerous potential hazards in a mine site and secondary and tertiary medical assistance can be hours away. This course will introduce the student to safety considerations in the mine, and will provide practical activities and certification in relevant topic areas. Certification will be obtained in Occupational First Aid, WHMIS, and Transportation of Dangerous Goods.

738-003 - Mineral Processing Operations

Mineral Processing Operators need to understand mine operations. This course will provide an overview and descriptions of mineral processing and will describe process controls including detectors, indicators, gauges, switches and control loops.

738-004 - Mineral Processing Equipment

Numerous pieces of mineral processing equipment are used in the diamond mining industry. Being able to describe and understand the different pieces of equipment and their relationship with each other, allows the student to troubleshoot equipment problems, and facilitates appropriate communication about the equipment with other work team members. This course will describe bins, chutes, conveyors, crushers, cyclones, drive mechanisms, feeders, pumps, screens, tanks, magnets, valves and other available equipment.

738-005 - Mineral Processing Foundations

Employees at the mines need to possess foundation attributes. This course will impress on students the need to develop and maintain proper foundation skills including accountability, adaptability, maintaining a positive work ethic and the need to develop and maintain transferable skills. This course will also provide introductory computer and math skills needed for mine operations, and will also include components in science, reading comprehension, and radio communications.

738-101 - Mineral Processing Site Training

The site portion of the program will focus on areas that are best covered at an operating mine. This section of the program is 588 hours long and focuses on monitoring the operation of chutes, conveyors, crushers, conventional cyclones, feeders, lubrication systems, centrifugal pumps, valves, and other equipment. This component of the component will also deal with the use of workplace computer hardware and software.


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