WA resources confidence contradicts skills concerns
Mining News Pro - The Western Australian resources sector is more concerned about skilled labour shortages than any other sector, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA).
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Timber workers can fill mining skills shortage: AMEC
Mining News Pro - Forestry and timber industry workers could be used to fill positions in the Western Australian mining sector under a proposal by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC).
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Partnership formed to teach rural women excavator operating skills
Mining News Pro - As part of efforts to uplift women during Women’s Month, South Africa-focused platinum developer Nkwe Platinum and multinational gold and copper explorer and developer Zijin Mining Group, have partnered with heavy machinery manufacturer Sany Southern Africa, to provide an entry-level excavator training programme for six women from their South African host communities.
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Komatsu training facility fights WA skills shortage
Mining News Pro - Komatsu has revealed plans to build a $6 million training facility in Perth, with completion scheduled before mid-2022 to help alleviate Western Australia’s skills shortage.
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Local workers key to skills shortage, survey says
Mining News Pro - The best solution to the resources sector’s skills shortage is to back Australian workers for mining jobs, according to a Mining People International survey.
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Miners work toward skills shortage solution
Mining News Pro - Roy Hill has suggested filling vacant mining roles with out-of-work airline pilots to combat the resource sector’s growing skills shortage.
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WA skills shortage predicted to peak in 2023
Mining News Pro - The Western Australian labour market may need an extra 40,000 resources workers over the next two years due to an unprecedented skills shortage, according to a Pit Crew Consulting Services report.
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Fortescue injects $25m into mining job skills
Mining News Pro - Fortescue Metals Group has invested $25 million to create around 200 new traineeship positions in the company.
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Rio Tinto’s IOC invests in mining skills development
Mining News Pro - The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) and College of the North Atlantic (CNA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of new skills aligned with the latest advancements in mining technology.
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WA Government tackles resource sector skills shortage with online tool
Mining News Pro - The Western Australian Government has released a digital resource that connects jobseekers in the mining industry to employment and training opportunities.
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Rio Tinto brings skills program to schools in Western Australia
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto’s Future Minds Accelerator program has provided future skills courses to kindergarten to year 12 students and educators in Western Australia.
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Mining needs IoT skills: Inmarsat
Mining News Pro - The adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the mining sector has highlighted the lack of skills needed to deploy it, according to Inmarsat research program, the Rise of IoT in Mining.
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Rio Tinto to advance mining automation skills
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has pledged almost $60 million to accelerate the development of automation skills in Western Australia’s mining workforce.
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Rio, Roy Hill and ATCO look for data science boost through CORE Skills pilot
Mining News Pro - CORE Skills has formally launched its ‘Geoscientist to Data Scientist’ pilot programme along with industry collaborations, Roy Hill, Rio Tinto, ATCO Australia and academic partners CSIRO, Curtin University and The University of Western Australia.
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