Training gets underway at mining school

The Guyana Mining School and Training Centre’s started its first training session last week and even as stakeholders welcomed the initiative they hoped that the curriculum would feature topics that are relevant to small miners.

The school opened on Thursday with the first batch of 15 students enrolled in courses such as confined space entry (awareness,) transportation of dangerous goods, fall protection and workplace hazardous materials information system, a report from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

The programme is being facilitated by trainers from the