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Onsite Training

The ACG’s onsite training courses seek to deliver the latest technologies and information to the mining workforce with the mine site specific application. Our training and further education platform provides a solid base for the transfer of technological developments and practices based on knowledge gathered from local and international sources.

Management and Operation of Tailings Storage Facilities

Many high-profile failures of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) have occurred internationally during the last decade. Some have released large volumes of tailings resulting in environmental pollution, fatalities, huge clean-up costs and financial loss.  These can be very damaging to the company concerned. In some cases, these failures have been attributable to lack of knowledge of the mine tailings’ engineering characteristics and the possible implications for the design and operation of disposal facilities. While to a large extent favourable conditions have protected Australia from such a large failure to date, this could change and have a severe impact on the industry and must be avoided.

This onsite training course provides training in the management and operation of tailings and mine waste disposal facilities. The course seeks to improve the standard of mine waste management, in order to improve the safety and reduce the environmental and other liabilities associated with these facilities.

Andy Fourie (The University of Western Australia) has presented this course at Iluka Resources - Eneabba Operations, Tiwest Chandala Operations and BHP Billiton Nickel West (in-house training).

Ground Control at the Mine Face

This mine site based training course is available on demand.

Over the last 10 years, falls of ground have been the cause of one quarter of all lost-time injuries and 40% of all fatal accidents in Western Australian underground mines.
Ground Control at the Mine Face provides mine workers and front line supervisors with practical tools to protect themselves and their work mates against the 'unexpected'.

  • Be aware of ground control hazards.
  • Grasp the concept of ground pressure and its effect on your working environment.
  • Understand how the rock will react.
  • Identify the potential for ground falls.
  • Make the right call with ground support.
  • Fulfill your Duty of Care.

Ground Control at the Mine Face is simply about making the mine a safer place to work.

Over 650 mining personnel across Australia have attended this course.

Yves Potvin and Phil Dight (ACG) have presented this course at the following sites; Henry Walker Eltin, Radio Hill (Australian Nickel), Starlight (Perilya),Yilgarn Star (Sons of Gwalia), Kanowna Belle (Placer Dome Asia Pacific), Silver Swan (Outokumpu), Renison (Murchison Zinc) operations, Sons of Gwalia Ltd – Leonora, Yilgarn Star, Golden Pig & Marvel Loch operations, Mt Magnet Gold NL (now Harmony Gold), Newmont Australia -  Golden Grove & Pajingo operations, McArthur River, Xstrata Mount Isa Mines, and Dominion Gold Challenges Project. 

For programme details please click here.  

Practical Rock Engineering Skills Development

The ACG offers the following Practical Rock Engineering Courses:

  • Ground Control Systems
  • Rock Mass Characterisation
  • Geomechanical Stope Design

This series of training courses aims to raise the standard of geomechanics competencies at mine sites through developing the engineering skills of site personnel.

These courses are designed to fast track the learning of good ground control practices by intense interaction between trainer - trainee. They are tailored for individual mine sites upon request and aim to equip geomechanics practitioners with the skills and knowledge to implement a sound ground control plan at site.

Yves Potvin (ACG) has presented this course at Sons of Gwalia Ltd’s Yilgarn Star operations, and in-house to Newmont Asia Pacific staff.

For details regarding the Practical Rock Engineering Skills Development On-site courses please download the course flyer.