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SIAST to launch mining program

SIAST to launch mining program

13/02/2012 9:38:34 AM

CBC News
People who want to work in the province's burgeoning mining sector will soon be able to go to the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology for training.

SIAST is adding a mining engineering and technology program at its Kelsey campus in Saskatoon.

Students will get hands-on training in things like mine ventilation and mine safety and communication.

Jamie Hilts, SIAST's dean of technology, said the program is the first of its kind and will help address the labour shortage in the province's mining sector.

"We believe we have the brain trust and the brain power here in the province and we want to be able to capture that learner audience and that future employee within the province," he said.

The new program launches in the fall.

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