Mining workforce skills be boosted

Oyundelger 2018-11-12 07:11

Society

GCR Mongolia has officially opened a training academy in Ulaanbaatar to help boost the skills of the industry workforce.

GCR Mongolia's new training academy in Ulaanbaatar has a 130-student capacity Clough officials said the facility, which will up skill more than 800 employee trainees nationally through theory- and practical-based training, will also offer on-the-job experience and certified education for both mining and construction. With a 130-person capacity, the centre includes three lecture rooms, one e-learning area with computers and nine practical training showcase facilities. More than 30 expatriate professionals will provide training, skills and knowledge transfer and instruction for working safely. The facility also has outdoor practical training facilities, including areas for shotcrete and formwork, mucking trainers, slow sinking, working at heights, scaffolding, single-arm jumbo training, rigging, and hotworks including oxy, welding and grinding. The facility will bring that full circle by providing all individuals entering the centre with the education, occupationally directed skills and safety training needed to be part of the Oyu Tolgoi underground project.