Thank you for joining us at the BrisBIM Community event last Wednesday, on 10th July 2024. We had an outstanding evening and greatly appreciated everyone who attended. A special thanks to those who visited the Mining Skills Australia and Motion Curve booths to explore our capabilities through VR demos and engage in informative discussions. Your participation added to the evening's success and we thank you for your engagement. The BrisBIM Community event, now in its tenth year, serves as...

  Managing Director, Andy Holder is currently travelling through Mongolia, visiting our Mongolian office and team MSA Mining Skills LLC and presenting our capabilities to other organisations across the country. First stop was at the Darkhan Metallurgical Plant and then onto observations and meeting with the Erdenet Mining Corporation Open Cut Production Manager, Chief Engineer and team. MSA Mining Skills LLC also had the opportunity to present our Animation and Virtual Reality resources to Erdenet Mining Corporation while on site.

  Congratulations to Mining Skills Australia's first, Standard 11 Generic Surface Coal Induction students! With classes taking place at the Mining Skills Australia’s Academy of Training, in our new training rooms located on level 6 of our Brisbane Head Quarters, the two-day, Standard 11 course will now become a regular addition to the scope we offer. We will be continuing to add more courses on scope, across a variety of subjects and industries, as our training and resources reach, continues...

  The Trade and Investment Queensland, Premier's Export Awards recognise excellence in the export of goods and services by South Australian businesses. It was an honour to be presented as a Finalist for the "Emerging Exporter Category" for 2022, which recognised our considerable growth and global reach. A few weeks ago, Graeme Bradshaw, Director, and the team celebrated at the awards gala night. Mining Skills Australia appreciates the recognition from Trade and Investment Queensland, Queensland Government and also the on going support of our clients and customers,...

  As finalists for the Trade and Investment Queensland, Premiers Export Awards, 2022, Director Graeme Bradshaw and Business Development Manager, Emma Hutson had the privilege of an invitation from Her Excellency The Governor The Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC and Professor Nimmo, to visit Government House. It was an amazing opportunity to discuss Mining Skills Australia's capabilities, products and services and global extensions with State Members of Parliament and Trade Commissioners who have been finally able to reach Queensland after the Covid pandemic.

  Director Graeme Bradshaw and Business Development Manager Emma Hutson, were in attendance at the Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC) Brisbane Annual Dinner 2022, at Customs House in Brisbane CBD. It was a great opportunity to meet others within the #ALABC community, and introduce Mining Skills Australia with the Latin-American Ambassadors. We appreciate hearing from key-note speakers joekellymp, Member for Greenslopes, Professor Deborah Terry and Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC) Chairman, Richard A. and catch up with Trade and Investment Queensland. Mining Skills Australia would like to thank Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC) for hosting a wonderful evening...

  Mining Skills Australia was proud to represent and be Major Sponsors for the International Legends of League event in Charters Towers this weekend. A wonderful weekend to support the local Charters Towers Community, with the International Legends of League team supporting schools and local footy. A huge turnout at game day and thank you again for Charters Towers Regional Council and Queensland Government for hosting the event and The International Legends of League organisers, volunteers and players for supporting these beautiful regional cities and...

      Director and Proficiency Training Specialist Andy Holder, with Mining Skills Australia at the Erdenes-TavanTolgoi JSC site in Mongolia, providing training and consultancy services. Erdenes-TavanTolgoi JSC is a Mongolian State - owned Coal mine with over 822 employees. ETT operates the East Tsankhi section of the Tavan Tolgoi deposit, which is ranked 5th in the world in terms of its size. The deposit has excellent metallurgical coal quality, and the mine is the largest producer of hard-coking coal in Mongolia.

  On the 30th of September, Mining Skills Australia had the privilege of hosting Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC) Chairman, Richard A. and CEO, Marcelo Salas  along with Brendan Rutherford, from Trade and Investment Queensland with 7 Latin American Ambassadors/ Heads of Mission. As Mining Skills Australia has a growing presence in Latin America, the visit was organised by the Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC). Ambassadors in attendance: His Excellency Mr Ronald Recinos, Ambassador of Guatemala His Excellency Mr Máximo Gowland, Ambassador of Argentina His Excellency Mr Vitaliano Gallardo Valencia, Ambassador of Peru His Excellency Mr Arturo...

  After proudly presenting Mining Skills Australia's services and products at Perumin Arequipa, Gary Bradshaw, Andy Holder and Jose Luis Camean have now travelled North to Lima to continue their tour of South and Latin America. Special thanks to Valeria Beck Escalante, Business Development Director, Mining and Resources - Lima - Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Stefanie Leon Carrion, Peru Project Coordinator - Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), for your support and introductions at PERUMIN 2022 . Mining Skills Australia would like to thank and show their appreciation...

  Director Andy Holder, Contract and Business Development Manager Gary Bradshaw and Animator Jose Luis Camean are proud to be representing Mining Skills Australia and part of the Trade and Investment Queensland #Perumin2022 contingent. What an opportunity to introduce Mining Skills Australia to South America and catch up and meet with existing clients. Thank you again to Trade and Investment Queensland supporting Mining Skills Australia on this journey.

  A huge congratulations and massive appreciation post to our two very own Mining Skills Australia Legends of League Aussie Legends players Qasim Ahsan and Nikhil Sriram Pappu. What a huge effort these two legends put in throughout the whole weekend, participating and supporting Mining Skills Australia and the event. Nikhil Sriram Pappu is the Mining Skills Australia Training Manager and Qasim Ahsan is the Project Manager Lead for our Animation Department. It didn't matter that these two top blokes have never played a game of Rugby League before, you wouldn't have...

  Mining Skills Australia Mongolia was on site in the South Gobi Desert, Mongolia last week attending Mak Mining, open cut operation. Mining Skills Australia was able to showcase our digital learning and development technologies that further support operator and supervision training. This upskilling will increase employee productivity, proficiency, safety and preventive maintenance. Mining Skills Australia's Director Andy Holder also provided a snapshot observation across their load and haul operations and his findings and recommendations were also presented. Thank you to Mak Mining for...

Mining Skills Australia is proud to be major sponsors and supporting this wonderful community event again!Sinalli Sports International Legends of League and Rebel Sport would like to announce that their next event will be in Emerald on September 10th 2022. Central Highlands Regional Council are the proud Presenting Sponsors where the star studded Mining Skills Australia Aussie Legends team will take on the Kestrel Coal Resources Emerald Allstars. This four day event includes: - School visits and a coaching clinic on the Wednesday and Thursday prior to the game...

  Mining Skills Australia takes on Fire and Rescue. Mining Skills Australia’s Fire and Rescue Department, headed by Paul Mullens and Paul Omanski and our own Virtual Reality superstar Ben Rayment, went to Tamworth to participate at the Australasian Road Rescue Organisation’s 2022 event. Whilst there they had the opportunity to showcase some Fire and Emergency Rescue competencies with Virtual Reality simulating real-time scenarios making it an immersive training experience. Mining Skills Australia is excited to partner with Paul Mullens and Paul Omanski who are...

When he isn't in our Brisbane HQ, Mining Skills Australia's Director, Andy Holder is traveling to mine site's across the globe, enhancing proficiency training and programs.Currently, Andy Holder is in Kazakhstan, working with KAZ Minerals, at the Aktogay Mine, before heading to Mongolia later this month. He has spent 5 days with Technical Training Manager, Gary P. Shortland, creating pre and post application refresher training programs with measurable outcomes. These programs will be across the KAZ Minerals Hitachi EX5600 and EX3600 Electric Hydraulic Shovel Fleet. This visit is prior...

  Premier and Minister for the Olympics, The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk and Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, The Honourable Cameron Dick have announced the finalists for the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards 2022, with Mining Skills Australia being one of them. Mining Skills Australia has been chosen to be a finalist for Emerging Exporter category. This category is for outstanding export achievement by an enterprise in any industry sector which has been exporting goods or services for three years or less. The team here at Mining Skills Australia is...

  After nearly 18 months post application and 2 years worth of developing the application, resources and RTO structure, it is with great excitement that Mining Skills Australia can share that we are officially an RTO (Registered Training Organisation). What a fantastic result, driven by a team and Director's, Graeme Bradshaw and Andy Holder, with a passion for compliance, proficiency and making education and learning available for everyone. This now means that not only can we produce professional products and services backed by the National...

https://miningskills.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Tire-Fires-social-media.mp4   Warning! This animation will expose the importance of tyre safety, especially in mining. Proper tyre care and maintenance is important for mine safety. Animation allows us to 'zoom in' to the molecular level inside a tyre, and understand what happens to tyre compounds that haven't been taken care of, and the consequences. Not only does Mining Skills Australia animates and uses our digital technologies to assist equipment, in mining, Mining Skills Australia we can also use our services to demonstrate across a wide range...

  Mining Skills Australia's own Emergency Management Department Manager, Rachel Hawker was on site a few weeks ago, visiting our Paramedic Team at Goldings, Baralaba. Seeing the guys in action and interacting with their Crews and Managements Team, emphasised how professional and committed they are to site. Whilst their primary function is Patient Care, the Paramedics are also involved in providing up to date Training to their ERT Crew’s – holding refresher’s courses on everything from CPR to snake bites! They are...