TRAINING PACKAGE SET TO DELIVER
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter
It was through this, that the training resource titled ‘Work Safely Reference Manual’ was developed. The Work Safely Reference Manual has been supported with training at a Certificate II level to ensure that it is well received in businesses.
A similar process has seen the recent development of the training resources for ‘Perform Basic Cutting and Welding’ and the mobile plant units of competency, in the form of reference manuals.
Following on from these accomplishments which include over 660 people trained in the Work Safely training course alone, and the overwhelming success of the CMPA’s Fixed Plant Workshop in 2005; the Association has received wide support from industry for the development of reference manuals for eight Crushing and Screening units of competency under the Extractive Industries Training Package.
“The purpose of this project is not to reconstruct the competencies, but rather to bring their supporting training resources, which are currently quite outdated simply through age, up to the current standards of today’s working environment,” clarified CMPA Chairperson, Grant Phillips.
The development of these training resources (the ‘Crushing and Screening Reference Manuals’) has been put out to contract to an external party skilled in writing such publications. The call for tenders to produce the reference manuals closed on 22nd November with the successful applicant to be announced in the coming weeks.
The provider will work with industry, the regulator, suppliers, and most importantly the employees and those on the floor, to ensure that the reference manuals contain best practice, reflect current technology and gives both the intended trainee and their company, resources that will assist the business for years to come.
The development phase will also rely on the input of all employees to ensure the provision of an effective task based resource package.
The Crushing and Screening Reference Manuals are designed to be a health, safety, environmental and technical reference tool for operators particularly associated with the operation and maintenance of crushers, feeders, hoppers, screens, conveyors and blending plants. Chairman of the CMPA’s Policy and Special Issues Committee, Bruce McClure, said the reference manuals are intended to be a tool for use by trainers and trainees in conjunction with Certificate II training.
“The recently implemented “Perform Basic Cutting and Welding” training and supporting resources were a terrific success and we expect that these new manuals will assist many applicants in the achievement of their educational goals within the industry. As with all documentation produced by the CMPA it will be well grounded in practicality and competency based skills,” Mr McClure said.
“The CMPA ensures the delivery of course materials that attract candidates to further their education or qualifications, with a view to becoming long term industry employees.
“As skill shortages face many industry sectors, we are keenly aware that as an Association we must do as much as is feasible to provide career paths and vocational training opportunities such as this, so as to retain and ultimately nurture the extractive industry skill sets,” he said.
The CMPA is offering a unique opportunity to all Voting Members. Recognition of your much valued support includes being the cover site for that reference manual. This opportunity would benefit the sponsoring company by:
- Being recognised as an industry leader
- Creating pride within your business
- Publicly demonstrating your commitment to industry and its workforce
For further information on the project or to apply for a sponsorship position please contact the CMPA Secretariat.
Please note that sponsorship positions are allocated on a first in, best dressed basis. There will be further information provided in the next issue of the CMPA News.
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