What is the Mining Industry Skills Centre Inc?

Formerly known as the Queensland Mining Industry Training Advisory Body (QMITAB) the organisation was relaunched in 2006 as a centre for excellence and renamed the Mining Industry Skills Centre Incorporated.

The Mining Industry Skills Centre is a Queensland based, not-for-profit organisation that partners with industry and informs government to maximise the skills of workers in the resources industry to assist in the sustainability of the industry.

Initially formed as a collaborative venture between the mining industry and Queensland Government, the charter of the Mining Industry Skills Centre has grown to focus on the whole industry and works with mine-sites across the country on training initiatives. 

The Mining Industry Skills Centre has the charter to ‘assure the timely development of a sustainable, skilled workforce aligned to the industry’s requirements’.

Our purpose:

The Skills Centre is committed to developing and implementing strategic initiatives that assist the resource industry in creating a sustainable workforce.  In practice, this includes:

• Working with mining organisations to ensure their training programs most effectively meet the needs of the industry
• Providing insight into the skills shortage affecting the industry to assist in workforce planning
• A Generic Induction training program, recognised across the resources industry
• Access to state of the art training via underground and surface mining simulators
• Resources Industry Training Fund - Working with government to provide funding to the industry to support training initiatives.

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Mining Industry Skills Centre announce the landing of Project Canary
21 October 2008
Imagine a mine site with zero harm to employees. An industry first serious games-based simulation training tool was launched recently at the Mining | more

Mining Industry Skills Centre announces 2008 Training Award Winners
29th September 2008
The Mining Industry Skills Centre is pleased to announce the winners from the 2008 Training Awards | more