Mining Industry Skills Centre Internal Restructure

10 March 2009

The Skills Centre moves forward in times of change

10/03/2009

The Mining Industry Skills Centre has developed and evolved dramatically over the past three years. The number of staff members has increased, the Skills Centre’s scope of work has widened, and status in terms of workforce planning and delivery has strengthened.

In order to maintain the momentum of the Skills Centre’s success, an internal restructure was implemented from the beginning of March to allow the company to continue providing innovative initiatives, products and services for the resources industry.

 The Mining Industry Skills Centre’s CEO Mr Derek Hunter believes the restructure is imperative in continuing the organisations objective of assuring the timely development of a sustainable, skilled workforce aligned to the industry’s requirements.

“A restructure is a necessary and major step in the evolution of the Skills Centre to ensure achievement of our organisation’s purpose as well as being a successful, not-for-profit organisation”, Mr Hunter said.

“The change is part of the long-term cultural evolution of the Skills Centre that commenced nearly three years ago and will continue into the future.”

The Skills Centre is pleased to announce the new Senior Management Team that will be working with CEO Derek Hunter in moving the organisation forward.

General Manager, Sales and Marketing – Keren Kozak
General Manager, Program Delivery – Jennifer Neumann
Chief Advisor, Adult Learning – Deanna Hutchinson
Manager, Corporate Services – Leticia Brett

The team at the Mining Industry Skills Centre is dedicated to ensuring the organisation continues to develop workforce planning and development initiatives that meet the needs of the Australian resources industry.

More information on Mining Idustry Skills Centre staff can be found here. 

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For more information on the Mining Industry Skills Centre Conference and Training Awards, please contact Nic Beveridge from the Mining Industry Skills Centre on

07 3872 8530 or email nbeveridge@miskillscentre.com.au.

About the Mining Industry Skills Centre

The Mining Industry Skills Centre is a not for profit organisation, formed as a collaborative venture between the mining industry and government, to establish a centre of excellence for the development and implementation of training initiatives in the industry.

The Mining Industry Skills Centre's vision is to create a "one stop shop" for both industry and government on all matters relating to training and the development of a sustainable workforce to meet the mining industry's current and future needs.

For more information on the Skills Centre and its projects, visit www.miskillscentre.com.au. You can also join the mailing list for the Skills Centre’s quarterly newsletter on the homepage of the website.