Mining

for talent in Mexico

SANDVIK MINING AND Rock Solutions has been collaborating on training programmes with different technical schools in the mining regions of Mexico since 2007. More than 150 students have been trained and another 36 students will become new service technicians this year.

“The market in Mexico for our business is very challenging in terms of finding people with the technical knowledge we need,” says Julio Guzman, Human Resources Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions Mexico, who is in charge of the training programmes. “So we invest in six-month programmes to give recent graduates their first work experience.”

The schools that Sandvik collaborates with in Mexico prepare the students with general knowledge and then provide a list of candidates who match Sandvik’s technical profile. Sandvik then presents the programme to them to see if they are interested.