PART TWO
Video/DVD Study
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Careers in the Mining Industry
Teacher Activity Outline 1 of 1
VIDEO/DVD TOPIC: PART TWO
LENGTH OF VIDEO/DVD
DURATION OF ACTIVITY
• Minerally Speaking: Employees Talk About Their Jobs • Mining: Preparing for a Great Career Choice • General Safety and Common Core Mine Training
• 5 minutes
• 45 minutes
Part Two of the video/DVD showcases the wide range of employment opportunities offered by the mining industry, the skills and education required to succeed and the standard safety training necessary to work in a mine, called Common Core Mine Training. Today’s mining industry presents an array of rewarding careers. The industry is dynamic, technologically advanced and vital to our economy. It is a business that recruits highly skilled individuals to work as part of a team to successfully complete each stage of the mining process. The experience and skills gained at one mine site are not only transferable to other mines, but can be applied to other careers and occupational sectors as well. Common Core Mine Training is the government’s standard safety training prerequisite to work in a mine. All employees working underground must successfully complete this training. The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities established the training, in collaboration with representatives from the industry. As this training is standardized across Ontario, employees working in a nickel mine in Sudbury, for example, could move to a gold mine in Ontario’s far north with ease. It is the employer’s responsibility to certify their workers. Lead a brainstorming session to generate a list of occupations associated with the mining industry. Allow students to discuss their thoughts about the different kinds of work and working conditions shown in the video/DVD. Which jobs were of interest to them? What is it about a particular job that makes it appealing? A summary of mining industry occupations is provided on the following page to aid in facilitating the discussion.
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