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South East QLD / Brisbane Network Meeting
2 July 2009
(9am – 12noon)
Attendance Regina Aubert, Geoff Hollis, Jay Maharage, Bryce Coventon, Lynn Neven, Angela Bradbury, Tracey Wiseman, Eleni Lambis, Margie
Bradbury, Sharon Holmes, Greg Taylor (Skills DMC), Rod Ramsay (MISC) & Emma Firth (Minutes – MISC)
Apologies: Jessica Jenkins, Linda Ringholt, Sharyn Cobbin, Amadnda Maystone-Towell, Stephen Seymour, Dave March, Nev Kathage, Roslind
Gilroy, Jason Morgan (MISC)
Previous Minutes Previous minutes adopted – John Tate session notes
Next Meeting To Be Held On: Thursday 29 October 9am- Venue: TBC – dependant on numbers
12noon
Item Discussion/Action Type Who
Introduction Intro and apologies for the meeting. Information Rod Ramsay
Rod Ramsay introduced himself to the group and gave an update on what Information Rod Ramsay
Introduction to Mining Industry
MISC does. Introduced the staff who are involved with Network Meetings and
Skills Centre
site visits.
(Rod Ramsay - Team Leader Site Relations, Brian Richardson - Site Relations
Officer, Emma Firth - Industry Support Officer, and Jason Morgan – Specialist
Learning & Development Products)
1) RPL process to develop tools for Metaliferous and Coal is due to Information Rod Ramsay
Projects Overview
commence in the Bowen Basin, Mt Isa and Townsville districts in the near
future. There has been a good acceptance of the project and trying to initiate
a standard process in the industry
2) An overview was given on PROJECT CANARY to the group. This project is
an industry first serious games based simulation training tool. The tool places
individuals where they are confronted with workplace scenarios from Coal
and Metaliferous surface mining, as well as underground Coal mining. If you
would like any further information on PROJECT CANARY please contact Jason
Morgan on 0429 060 445.
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3) Information on the annual Mining Industry Skills Centre Conference and
Training Awards was provided to the group. The conference is being held on
Projects Overview (cont) Thursday 24 Sept and Friday 25 Sept. Details on registration and the Information Rod Ramsay
program. This information can be found on the website
www.miskillscentreconference.com.au.
Registrations for the conference close on 11 September 2009. Please contact
Nic Beveridge on 07 3872 8510 for further information regarding
registrations.
4) The Australian Simulation Research Office (ASRO) has been opened in
Mackay. The MISC office has also been relocated to this office. In conjunction
with the UCQ, the ASRO office has been developed to examine aspects
affecting the use of simulation in the resources industry.
5) Mining Industry Skills Centre will be launching the Supervisor Framework
at the annual Conference by Deb Jones. Further information will be provided
at the network groups, after this launch.
A new item is to be introduced in the agendas of all the network meetings. Information All
Local Issues
This item on current issues is to raise awareness on current trends and
concerns in the industry. The intent is to share the issues among each of the
networks. The issues raised at this meeting are listed below.
1) Access to Funding. What funding, both state and federal is available to the
industry sites. Who else provides funding to industry for training?
2) Who does what at MISC now with the restructure? Is there a way of
finding the staff information on the webpage? Staff listings are located on
the webpage, giving the names and job titles. If you would like more
information on the staff, or would like to know who to speak to about various
issues, please contact Emma Firth on 07 3872 8510.
3) RTO network meetings. MISC is currently looking at setting up network
meetings specifically for RTO’s and other training organisations to discuss
current issues within the industry. Information would then be passed
between the various network meetings in the local issues agenda items.
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Greg Taylor has been recruited by Skills DMC as Regional Manager- Information Greg Taylor -
Skills DMC
Queensland. He will look after the following projects and attend our network Skills DMC
meetings when available.
Rationalisation of the Training packages
Ratcon Project. Project phases
Review sector changes (examples given)
To identify changes to the Skills DMC home page
Workforce planning tools to support industry
Services and resources—On line
Skills DMC are funded by DEEWR.
Further information on the rationalisation of the training packages can be
found on the Skills DMC website.
If you would like to give any feedback/information on the competencies,
please contact Greg directly on the number/email below.
Contact details:
Greg Taylor - Regional Manager - SkillsDMC
PO Box 9668 Park Avenue, Rockhampton QLD 4701
M 0429 000 413
E qldregion@skillsdmc.com.au W www.skillsdmc.com.au
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Workshop All
Safety, Training & Productivity Workshops have been conducted across each of the networks to establish a
Workshop range of data for the purpose of looking into the relationship of Safety
Training and Productivity.
This workshop, looked at three questions,
a) What factors are considered when looking at inputs into training?
Safety, Training & Productivity
Workshop (cont) b) What factors are considered when looking at outputs into training? Workshop All
c) What factors are considered when measuring results of training?
The information collated at the workshop will be forwarded to each of the
networks in the next month, after the remaining network meetings have been
completed.
Network Internet Forum Information Emma Firth
General Business
In response to your requests and feedback, the Mining Industry Skills Centre
has developed an online forum on our website for you to discuss current
issues, hot topics or ask for advice from other people within the resources
industry. This tool has been designed to be driven by you – you decide the
agenda topics, the discussions and the debates.
As this forum was specifically developed from the requests received at the
network meetings, we are keen to see people benefiting from and using this
valuable tool. I have attached the ―how to guide‖ to get you started.
If you have any questions or troubles with the forum, or would like any
further information about the network meetings, please do no hesitate to
contact Emma.
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Future Agenda Items
RII09 information sessions – Contact Greg Taylor for further
information (qldregion@skillsdmc.com.au)
Funding 09/10
PROJECT CANARY - a demonstration will be organised for the next
meeting
Emma Firth
Next Meeting Date Misc Conference 24th - 25th September
http://www.miskillscentreconference.com.au/
Thursday 29 October 2009 – 9am – 12noon – venue to be confirmed
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