skills
WA skills summits to boost regional workforce
The WA Government has hosted 10 regional skills summits across the state progressing practical actions to address workforce needs.
Skills shortage and exports major focus in Federal Budget
The 2022–23 Federal Budget has backed the resources sector, with a focus on upskilling and diversifying Australia’s exports.
Boosting Apprenticeships boosted once more
The Federal Government has extended two apprenticeship support programs following their success in welcoming more than 385,000 apprentices to get ...
Top five priorities for Australian mining in 2022: ABB
ABB Australia's Stuart Cowie discusses the ebbs and flows of a dynamic Australian mining sector and what it means for ...
BHP intern program to help skills shortage
BHP has targeted first-year university students to intern across a range of areas at the company, encouraging young people to ...
Apprentices fight skills shortage with $716m program
Apprentices and trainees will receive further support through their second and third years of study, as the federal government announced ...
Miners work toward skills shortage solution
Roy Hill has suggested filling vacant mining roles with out-of-work airline pilots to combat the resource sector’s growing skills shortage.
Silver Lake skilled worker shortage to continue
Silver Lake Resources has modified its operating strategy at the Mount Monger gold mine in Western Australia due to a ...
HYDAC’s online courses set to meet hydraulic training demands of the times
HYDAC is revamping its fluid power technology training with online courses to meet overwhelming demand from individuals and industry.
Australia opens door to international mining workers
The federal government has added mining occupations to the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) to address the local skills ...
Upskilling with CQUni allows Dan to excel in project management
Daniel Hooper is building his own path to a long career in the construction industry, with CQUniversity supporting him from ...
HYDAC’s skills matrix facilitates meaningful training and work readiness
HYDAC offers a skills matrix, which is a form of skills assessment to help ensure hydraulic training meets learner and ...
Is a mining skills shortage looming?
Accenture head of resources David Burns believes the risk of a mining skills shortage must be addressed immediately to avoid ...
WA Government tackles resource sector skills shortage with online tool
The Western Australian government has released a digital resource that connects jobseekers in the mining industry to employment and training ...
Rio Tinto brings skills program to schools in Western Australia
Rio Tinto’s Future Minds Accelerator program has provided future skills courses to kindergarten to year 12 students and educators in ...
Thousands of resource workers needed in WA
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) of Western Australia has flagged demand for an additional 8000 skilled workers over ...
Which mining skills are in demand around Australia?
Recruitment specialist Hays has revealed the skills that are in demand across Australia’s resources sector heading into the second half ...
Rio Tinto pursues development of ‘Silicon Valley of mining’
Rio Tinto has backed the Western Australian Government’s launch of its first ever five-pillar approach to enhancing science, technology, engineering ...
Mining moves up the digital maturity curve
An era of analytics and artificial intelligence is emerging in mining, but how do companies make the most of the ...
