Education (Issue 36)

Training for 2008

With this year looking wetter (and therefore not as busy!) as the last few, we are planning on delivering more training both in frequency and units. Sarah is presently visiting Members to discuss their training requirements for 2008. If you would like her to catch up with you, please send her an email or give her a call.

Members will be pleased to hear that the crushing and screening units are progressing quickly, with units available for delivery with a months notice (mainly to allow for room bookings).

Caterpillar Institute are currently finalising the remaining service and handover units.

The first course that will be held this year will be Conduct Local Risk Control/Communicate in the Workplace at the end of February in Bendigo or Shepparton.

This course will provide those people who undertook the Work Safely course before the unit ‘Conduct Local Risk Control’ was included with the opportunity to not only achieve this unit, but also the ‘Communicate in the Workplace’ unit without having to redo the entire Work Safely course.

Take this opportunity to complete another two units of your Certificate II in Extractive Industry Operations in just one day!

WELL Funding

After utilising the federal government’s Workplace English Language and Literacy funding for the last four years, the CMPA has resolved that it will not apply this year, giving other organisations and companies a chance.

WELL funding has been exceptionally successful in making training both accessible and achievable for all industry participants. By accessing it as an Association, it worked outside the traditional scope of the funding opening up access for smaller businesses. The success of this funding has provided a basis for a thesis and a number of different studies.

The CMPA would like to thank the (former) Department of Education, Science and Training for providing this funding and enabling the extractive industry the opportunity to start making better use of the industry’s operator training.

We encourage members to continue to embrace the quality training courses developed and facilitated by the CMPA and actively contribute to the upskilling of the industry’s workforce.

Please contract the CMPA with any education queries you may have.

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