Caterpillar Institute is now delivering the unit ‘Service and Handover Front End Loaders’ from the Extractive Industries Training Package both as a full training course and as a shortened, recognition of prior learning course. The full course is recommended for…
Crushing & Screening Reference Manuals Project Update The Crushing & Screening Reference Manuals Project is now well underway with the first of the eight reference manuals, Conduct Crushing Operations having been presented to the Federal Minister for Small Business, the…
Perform Basic Cutting & Welding—Delivering the Results Three years ago a couple of gentleman by the names of Roy Webb and Craig James from E B Mawson & Sons identified that there was a skills gap in their organisation with…
Industry gathers for another successful CMPA Guarding Workshop Due to popular demand the CMPA Guarding Workshop returned for a second run on Tuesday 6 June in Seymour. The Seymour Club was visited by a group of approximately 40 industry personnel…
Industry gather for the 4th CMPA Hazard & Risk Identification Workshop Over 70 industry personnel gathered at Caterpillar Institute in Tullamarine for the Guarding Hazard & Risk Identification Workshop, incorporating a site visit to Readymix—Oaklands Junction. Attendees arrived at Caterpillar…
Assisting Box Hill Institute of TAFE in meeting industry’s needs Recently, the CMPA and others were invited to make comment to Box Hill Institute of TAFE on how best they should engage industry in the training delivered by them. The…
Teaching a Person to Squash Rocks and Sort Sands Squashing rocks and sorting sands is something most of you do every day, but would your business be able to teach someone new to your site how to do just that?…
Fourth CMPA Hazard & Risk Identification Workshop – Guarding Yesterday my father and I were driving around the quarry and I explained to him about today’s proceedings. His response was “What a load of bulls**t.” I had to remind dad…
Certificate II in Extractive Industries Operations— CMPA Update The CMPA is proud to be able to offer numerous educational opportunities to its Members for the upcoming year, and report on advancements in numerous areas for the 2005 period. TRAINING NUMBERS…
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter It was through this, that the training resource titled ‘Work Safely Reference Manual’ was developed. The Work Safely Reference Manual has been supported with training at a Certificate II level to ensure that it is well…