- The initial Training Program took several years to develop. After the system was structured using instructional design specialists, each module was prototype tested and underwent several revisions before final issue.
- The complete Training Program covers all the steps to implement the Metcom Grinding Process Management System.
- Development of the initial Program was sponsored by a consortium of mining and service companies and the governments of Canada and Quebec.
- Continuous reinvestment into program development, participants can continue to learn and benefit as the program improves and expands.
- It is self-taught, self-paced, interactive learning.
- Certification testing verifies learner comprehension.
- Available to date in English French and Spanish.
- Endorsed by McGill University; Energy, Mines and Resources Canada; Mining Association of Canada; Ontario Hydro.
- Accredited for continuing education credits (CEU’s) with the Engineering Institute of Canada.
- A Participant Guide presents information on the contents and form of the Program, certification, ownership, rights and support services.
- A Documentation Guide provides the structure for collecting, filing and organizing all the data and information that is needed to implement the Metcom System.
- An Administrator Guide is issued to those organizations that elect to supervise the training through an on-site administrator.
- Participants apply what they learn in their plants, performing the same data collection and analyses as in the modules, as they work their way through the training.
- Individual modules vary from less than one hour, to about four hours, to complete. The total program learning time is approximately 64 hours.
- Each program is issued to a specified individual. Training can be for one person or a Curriculum of Study can be customized for plant technical and management personnel.
- Special Topic Programs focus on specific unit operations or tasks.
- A lower cost alternative to attending offsite training courses.
- Application of new skills on the job provides immediate payback. Cost savings are being measured in the millions of dollars.
- Easily accessible to users anywhere they can go on-line: at work, at home or on the road.
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