Case Study: New Denmark
New Denmark recognises its first crop of MQA graduates
Eighty-nine New Denmark Colliery employees are among the first in the industry to have completed a series of courses devised and funded by the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA).
The sector education and training authority is responsible for the administration of skills development programmes for the mining and minerals sector, and launched the programme to provide mineworkers with qualifications that are recognised across the sector.
New Denmark training manager Steve Clarke explains that mining houses have traditionally tailoured learning and development programmes around their own particular needs, and not the industry at large.
“These particular courses equip mineworkers with
Eighty-nine New Denmark Colliery employees are among the first in the industry to have completed a series of courses devised and funded by the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA).
The sector education and training authority is responsible for the administration of skills development programmes for the mining and minerals sector, and launched the programme to provide mineworkers with qualifications that are recognised across the sector.
New Denmark training manager Steve Clarke explains that mining houses have traditionally tailoured learning and development programmes around their own particular needs, and not the industry at large.
“These particular courses equip mineworkers with