Daily Liberal: Training for future in mines

Date published : 4  June  2012 

Source: Daily Liberal

By Angela Clutterbuck

31 May, 2012

TAFE WESTERN says it is well prepared to meet an increased demand for training in mining-related industries as mining activity intensifies in Dubbo and surrounds.

Dubbo-based TAFE Western Acting Institute Director Sue Carey said the organisation already had an extensive range of training options and was regularly consulting mining companies with existing and developing operations about how training could be tailored to meet their needs.

She said TAFE Western had made a significant investment in equipment to train the growing local mining workforce.

A recent investment is a second mining simulator to support training in the mining industries, which has been located in Dubbo for most of this year,†she said.

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