17 MARCH 2015www.cairnspost.com.au
Rio Tinto adds 15 new apprentices at Weipa bauxite operation
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Fifteen new apprentices have picked up their tools and launched their careers in the mining sector with Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite operation.
The recruits will develop skills in fields such as diesel fitting, fitting and turning, electrical, and boilermaking over the next three to four years to gain a nationally recognised trade certificate.
Four of the apprentices are Aboriginal people, including the recipient of this year’s Ely Apprenticeship, Yupungathi traditional owner PJ Ahmat.
The Ely Apprenticeship is awarded each year to a local Aboriginal person who has a connection to one of the six traditional owner groups represented in Weipa’s Ely Bauxite Mining Project Agreement, or to someone who has a historical connection with the communities of Mapoon, Napranum or New Mapoon.
The apprenticeship program is delivered with support from training partner Skill 360.
The new recruits will bring the total number of apprentices at the bauxite mine to 48.
The recruits will develop skills in fields such as diesel fitting, fitting and turning, electrical, and boilermaking over the next three to four years to gain a nationally recognised trade certificate.
Four of the apprentices are Aboriginal people, including the recipient of this year’s Ely Apprenticeship, Yupungathi traditional owner PJ Ahmat.
The Ely Apprenticeship is awarded each year to a local Aboriginal person who has a connection to one of the six traditional owner groups represented in Weipa’s Ely Bauxite Mining Project Agreement, or to someone who has a historical connection with the communities of Mapoon, Napranum or New Mapoon.
The apprenticeship program is delivered with support from training partner Skill 360.
The new recruits will bring the total number of apprentices at the bauxite mine to 48.
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