Looking for a career in the extractive industries?

GAVIN MOREIRA , Administration Officer of the CMPA provides an overview of the Certificate II in Surface Extraction Operations course.

THE start of a new year is a good time to consider expanding your knowledge base. Should you be looking to enhance your skills as a quarry operator? A good place to start is the Certificate II in Surface Extraction Operations Course. This course will give you the basic skills and knowledge needed to operate as a successful extractive industries operator. You will learn valuable communication skills, basic first aid and how to contribute to site quality outcomes.

You can choose to study electives in:

• development (dewatering and grader operators),
• winning (water boat, barge, and bulk water truck operations, blast surveys, blast hole drilling operations, handling and transporting explosives and conducting dredging operations),
• sales, testing and dispatch (sampling, site laboratory, weighbridge and sales loader operations),
• processing (crushing, blending plant and sand wash plan operations, treatment and disposal of rejects and tailings, and screening operations) and
• maintenance (operational maintenance, basic cutting and welding, non-slewing and slewing crane operations).

The CMPA in conjunction with Box Hill Institute of TAFE is running the unit in early February:

CONDUCT CRUSHING OPERATIONS

This two day course covers the crushing operations on a work site. It includes the planning and preparation for operations as well as the operation and post operational procedures of fixed and mobile crushing plants. It also covers the skills and knowledge required to operate the crushing plant. Why should Employees attend?

• Core unit for further training & provides basic knowledge of operating crushing plant.
• Ability to apply operational safety requirements.
• Access, interpret and apply technical information.
• Apply plant operating procedures.

Attendance of both days’ of training is required and the successful completion of an assessment task.

Date: Thursday 9th & 23rd February 2012
Time: 8.30am to 4.30pm
Location: Northern Quarries, Cooper Street, Epping.

To book, please phone Diane Wilson at Box Hill TAFE 03 9286 9711.

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