Summary

This review lists the resources available on-line if you choose to enhance your mining skills and knowledge. It describes several worldwide mining education and certification programs.

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INTRODUCTION

What we learn at school and at university may not be enough to keep us "educated" throughout our working lives. Most of us have to brush up our knowledge as we advance and as technologies change. This is as true in mining as in any discipline. In this review, we list the resources available on-line to you if you choose to enhance your mining skills and knowledge.

WHY ON-LINE LEARNING?

Some reasons why people may be interested in On-Line education related to mining:

• industry is turning to other, related disciplines such as civil / mechanical / chemical engineering to alleviate the demand for personnel ... as a result there is a rapidly growing demand for cross-training of personnel
• industry is beginning to recognize that career improvement, in the form of corporate training programs or accredited professional development, is a big incentive for young professionals, resulting in increased employee retention ... it also increases the demand for training and professional development resources
• mining schools and universities on their own are struggling to justify the resources required for development and delivery of new and specialized teaching programs ... a factor in this is the limited audience accessible to a mining school using conventional approaches to education.