Page 44 - IMPC Education Book_low res
P. 44

MINERALS INDUSTRY   EDUCATION AND TRAINING II


            More General Competencies


            Figure 4: Responses to question about general competencies
            required by minerals engineers

                    General Competencies : Whole Survey Response
                90
                80
                70
                60
                50
                40
                30
                20
                10
                 0
                                                Sustainability in the...
                                                        Computer applications
                          Professional skills...
                                       Project finance,NPV,...
                            Problem solving, critical...
                                                                  Industry experience
            Basic science and ...  Materials science  Knowledge of minerals... Knowledge of mining...  Process design  Research skills
               Heat and mass balances

               Essential for all Graduates  Develop within 0-5 years  Useful for some  Not Important


            Figures 7 and 8 summarise the  responses to the  question about  the
            importance of the more general engineering competencies.
























                     Developing Guidelines for Mineral
           32   Section 2
                     Processing Education
   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49