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Mining Projects Education Seminars in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Peru, and South Africa


Released on Thursday, February 2, 2012
The IPA Institute is holding Best Practices for Mining Projects seminars in Toronto, Lima, Brisbane, Belo Horizonte, and Johannesburg throughout 2012. Click the locations to the right to read full details on each seminar, discount information, and to register online. Continue reading for course content and background information.
 
DATES AND LOCATIONS
CANADA
 
PERU
 
AUSTRALIA
 
Based on IPA’s analysis of hundreds of mining projects, the Best Practices for Mining Projects course provides participants with best practices that have shown to improve capital project effectiveness, including the following:
 
  • Key elements of team effectiveness
  • Project drivers that lead to successful completion of each phase of Front-End Loading (FEL), the critical project definition phase, including the key deliverables that are required at the end of each phase and the objectives of each phase
  • Important elements and deliverables of FEL for mining projects
  • Tools and techniques for identifying and mitigating risks
  • Important elements of contracting strategy and the implications of
  • contracting choices on project results
  • Value Improving Practices (VIPs) that Industry uses to leverage extra value from a solid project definition package
  • Important practices for controlling projects as they proceed through the execution
  • Research findings that can be used by owners to improve construction safety
The IPA Institute is a Registered Education Provider of the Project Management Institute. All attendees will be eligible to claim up to 16 Professional Development Units (PDUs) upon completion of the course.
 
Follow this link to learn more About the IPA Institute and its full suite of training courses for capital project professionals. Visit the IPA Institute course schedule page to view all course offerings.