Mining School to offer Oil and Gas training

Apr 22, 2017 News

The Guyana Mining School will be offering training in oil and gas following upgrades from which the institution is expected to benefit. This would be facilitated through collaboration with the school and the Government of Chile.

Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman

This is according to Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. He made this announcement on Wednesday during the meeting of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources at Public Buildings, Georgetown.
Trotman said that the school will be upgraded not only to better address mining but also oil and gas. The inclusion of oil and gas programs will be made possible through collaboration with the Chilean Government that will assist in the upgrading exercise. He said that he had already seen a document which stated that Chile will be sending a team to Guyana that will be facilitated later this year.
Further, he stated that the Ministry has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of the Russian Federation to improve mining techniques and hopefully the mining school will be supported in this regard as well.
The first training session at the school was held from August 15 to August 19, 2013 and focused primarily on occupational health and safety courses. There were other courses offered which included space entry requirement, fall protection, workplace hazards and transportation of dangerous courses.
These were taught by the Canadian-based College of the North Atlantic, under contract by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). Subsequently, a course on efficient blasting techniques for mining was done by the Guyana Mining School in collaboration with the Australian Company, Orica Mining Service.
The institution was launched to address the importance of education in the extractive industry. The initial curriculum for the school was developed by the College of the North Atlantic and the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland. The curriculum is one which was adaptable to Guyana’s extractive industries.
Meanwhile, Trotman said that mining regulations are being reviewed across the board, particularly in the areas of environmental transgressions and violations. He said that on the issue of mine safety, there are too many accidents in the industry leading to death.
He said that it is an area which the Director of Compliance within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Derrick Lawrence will be looking at closely.

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