Prominent Hill Pre-emPloyment training Program · Ross Sawers External Relations Manager, Prominent...
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PROMINENT HILL PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMINENT HILL IS A STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORTER PROVIDING TRAINING & EDUCATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE AWARD WINNING PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM OZMINERALS.COM Prominent Hill runs an innovative and successful Pre-employment Training Program which allows local indigenous and non indigenous people who have never worked in the mining industry an opportunity to gain an understanding of and some skills for a job in the mining industry. The program is one way in which OZ Minerals can help secure employees and at the same time achieve its aims of employing as many local people as possible at its operations. Following satisfactory completion of the 60 day Program which includes three weeks of work experience on site at Prominent Hill, successful trainees are offered permanent employment at the Prominent Hill Operation with OZ Minerals or one of our contractors and receive a Nationally Accredited Certificate II in Metalliferous Mining. Preference is given to people living in the local towns and regional communities to Prominent Hill. Since the launch of the Program in 2006, five groups of trainees including 42 successful graduates have successfully completed the program and taken up roles at Prominent Hill. The graduates come from the local towns of Coober Pedy, Port Augusta, Oodnadatta, and Port Pirie. In 2007 the program was awarded the Community Partnership of the Year 2007 at the Australian Mining and Prospect Awards. Dale Dodd (pit technician) and Joanne Leahy (site services technical) are both graduates of the 2007 Pre-employment Training Programs.
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Prominent Hill Pre-emPloyment training ProgramProminent Hill is a strong community suPPorter Providing training & education tHrougH innovative Programs sucH as tHe award winning Pre-emPloyment training Program
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Prominent Hill runs an innovative and successful Pre-employment Training Program which allows local indigenous and non indigenous people who have never worked in the mining industry an opportunity to gain an understanding of and some skills for a job in the mining industry. The program is one way in which OZ Minerals can help secure employees and at the same time achieve its aims of employing as many local people as possible at its operations.
Following satisfactory completion of the 60 day Program which includes three weeks of work experience on site at Prominent Hill, successful trainees are offered permanent employment at the Prominent Hill Operation with OZ Minerals or one of our contractors and receive a Nationally Accredited Certificate II in Metalliferous Mining. Preference is given to people living in the local towns and regional communities to Prominent Hill.
Since the launch of the Program in 2006, five groups of trainees including 42 successful graduates have successfully completed the program and taken up roles at Prominent Hill. The graduates come from the local towns of Coober Pedy, Port Augusta, Oodnadatta, and Port Pirie.
In 2007 the program was awarded the Community Partnership of the Year 2007 at the Australian Mining and Prospect Awards.
Dale Dodd (pit technician) and Joanne Leahy (site services technical) are both graduates of the 2007
Pre-employment Training Programs.
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Prominent Hill oFFice Ground Floor 170 Greenhill Road Parkside SA 5063 T 61 8 8229 6600 F 61 8 8229 6601
For additional information on the Prominent Hill Pre-employment Training Program please contact: Ross Sawers External Relations Manager, Prominent Hill
T 61 8 8229 6600 E [email protected]
OZ MINERALS MEdIA ENquIRIES
Natalie WorleyHead of Investor & External Relations
T 61 3 9288 0333 E [email protected]
oZ minerals Level 10, 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC 3000 GPO Box 1291K Melbourne VIC 3001 T 61 3 9288 0333 F 61 3 9288 0300 E [email protected]
graduates In 2009 Prominent Hill was awarded Best Metalliferous Mine of the Year at the Australian Mining and Prospect Awards.
about oZ mineralsOZ Minerals is an Australian based mining company with a focus on copper. The Company owns and operates the high quality new Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia and is maximizing value from the Prominent Hill operation and from exploration in the highly prospective region.
OZ Minerals is also building a pipeline of projects which can deliver superior returns in the medium term through acquisition, organic develop-ments and a strong commitment to exploration both at existing projects and through the identification of new opportunities. OZ Minerals has a strong balance sheet, a team of highly skilled mining industry professionals and a commitment to Respect, Integrity, Action and Results.
2009 Program graduates
The fifth Prominent Hill Pre-employment Training Program, completed in September 2009, was specifically organised for members of the Antakarinja community, who are the traditional owners of the land where the mine is located. Seven trainees successfully completed the program and have been placed in a number of roles at the Prominent Hill operation including in the Environment, Exploration, Resource Development, Geology, HR and Training departments.
The fifth Prominent Hill Training program was a partnership between OZ Minerals Prominent Hill, TAFE-SA (Port Augusta Aboriginal Access Unit) and Complete Personnel.
Gavin Reid graduated from the second Prominent Hill Pre-employment Program in 2007. Gavin works in the Environment department as an environmental officer.
Graduates of the 2008 Pre-employment Training Program.
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about Prominent HillOZ Minerals owns the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine located 650 kilometres north west of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south east of the town of Coober Pedy in the Gawler Craton of South Australia.
Prominent Hill is Australia’s newest major copper mine producing its first copper-gold concentrate in February.
