Category: HL – 2013 – Session II

By Julia Leach, manager, Wenco International Mining Systems, a division of Hitachi Construction Machinery In today’s world of unprecedented change, growth, advancement and uncertainty, taking a moment to step back and assess how...

By Karl Rhoads, strategic training specialist, Immersive Technologies, and Adam Norris, account development manager, Immersive Technologies While the relationship between heavy equipment operator training and safety is well...

By Paula Oransky, business development manager, CAE Mining Historically, equipment operator training in the mining industry has been conducted using a ‘trial by fire’ approach, with new operators receiving most of their...

By Chuck Frey, marketing manager, VISTA Training Too often, haul truck operator trainees don’t retain enough of the knowledge they learn during training. That can lead to longer on-boarding cycles, lower productivity and more...

By Kay Sever, president, OptimiZ Consulting LLC Mining culture is defined as “how people interact with equipment and each other.” In a reactive culture, people don’t trust each other, superintendents won’t work together,...