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MINERALS INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING II

Figure 8: Delivery of Professional development

How Employers Deliver Post-Graduate Training:
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Accredited education... In-house training or... Conferences and... Advice or personal... Mentoring or coaching... The individual is...
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Never Sometimes Always

There are some quite sophisticated approaches. One respondent who
works for a large multi-national mining company said:

We have developed mineral processing qualifications matrix. One
dimension is position (Met I to Chief Met). Alternative paths are provided
to learn and practice in each of these areas.

Barriers to professional development

Respondents were also asked what barriers they could identify to ongoing
professional development. 40% said that there were no significant barriers
to professional development in minerals engineering. Of those who did,
17% cited time (the most significant single barrier) followed by the cost of
training or professional development (14%) and lack of corporate support
for training (14%). Only 11 respondents (13% of those who answered the
question) cited lack of availability of suitable programs.

Developing Guidelines for Mineral
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Processing Education