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Training at Multotec raises skills bar for optimal plants
Multotec's training facility creates a knowledge-sharing environment in which experienced trainers facilitate the exchange of valuable information.
Multotec believes that training can make customers more confident in their decisions and more competent in using mineral processes.
Optimising process plants to achieve the best possible efficiencies and throughputs needs not only good equipment; it needs skilled and experienced operators who have both a theoretical and practical grounding in process-related disciplines.
This requires bridging the gap between theoretical learning and practical experience; a task that Multotec has tackled head-on with its substantial investment in a new, modern training facility at its Spartan head office in Gauteng.
“While there are not many companies prepared to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to this type of facility, Multotec believes firmly in the value of practically orientated skills training,” says Brent Combrink, Multotec’s process engineering training facilitator. “The basics or fundamentals are often forgotten and must be reiterated, and our training does that; it should also be remembered that lessons learnt from experience are not always found in text books.”
Combrink emphasises that the centre gives customers access to application-specific and product-specific training, which helps participants explore the best optimisation options for their particular conditions.
“Our product and process training provides technical knowledge that gives customers a firmer skills foundation on which to manage their operations day-to-day, but it goes further than that,” he says. “The way we train also gives customers a platform to engage one-to-one with industry experts so they can ask questions about their specific challenges and objectives.”
The facility creates a knowledge-sharing environment in which experienced trainers facilitate the exchange of valuable information, not just between trainers and participants, but between the participants themselves.
“Having customers from various plant operations under one roof really does provide a unique platform for sharing experience and practical knowledge,” says Combrink. “This level of engagement is also vital for bolstering skills levels in industry, as solutions can be shared, adapted and implemented in differing conditions.”
He says that fault-finding techniques are included in the training, as these are key aspects of effective plant optimisation. Factory and laboratory visits give participants insight into how technologies are applied and adapted to best effect.
“Endorsement from tertiary institutions and mining sector bodies further underpin the value that Multotec’s training facility brings to the mining sector,” Combrink concludes.