AGSEAN COURSES

AGSEAN courses are designed to help you maintain, update or upgrade your skills. Quite often, substantial discounts are offered to attendees facing financial hardship. To help our Course Co-ordinator develop relevant courses, your feed back is much appreciated. We also welcome suggestions for future courses.

COURSES ON OFFER

Computing for Geologists: Micromine

Details: Introduction to Micromine. Suit native user of other mine management packages or beginners.
Venue: Leederville TAFE, corner Richmond and Oxford Streets
Contact: The Secretary, Mining & Geosciences, Leederville TAFE, (08) 9242 0491
Date: TBA. If you miss the course, please wait for further announcements.
Cost: $70. Concessions for unemployed geologist

Computing for Geologists: Surpac

Details: To be announced.
Venue: Leederville TAFE.
Cost: Concessions for unemployed geologist. Register interest now.

Computing for Geologists: MapInfo

Venue: Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre, 140 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004
Course Details: James Wright, GIS Manager Tel: (08) 9235 6455 Fax: (08) 9235 6449
Registration: First come first serve basis. Enrol in person if possible. Only 16 places. 
Enrolment Enquiries: Contact Information Career Reference Centre (08) 9235 6417
Email: register@amtc_ep.training.wa.gov.au
Date: 28/9/99 to 15/10/99.  This is the third time the course is on.
Cost: $65. Highly subsidised for unemployed geologist (50% discount) $39.50

Computing for Geologists: Introduction to ER Mapper

Venue: GIS Training Centre, AMTC, 140 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004
Course Details: James Wright, GIS Manager Tel: (08) 9235 6455 Fax: (08) 9235 6449
The course includes access to the lab following the course to allow participants to practice their skills. The fee also includes a workbook, lunch and morning/afternoon tea.
Registration: Please contact our Course Administrator, Heather Osborne to obtain a registration form. First come first serve basis. Enrol in person if possible.
Email: register@amtc_ep.training.wa.gov.au
Date: 13-14 July 1999
Cost: $750. Highly subsidised for unemployed/underemployed geologist (50% discount) $375. Participants must sign a declaration on registration to qualify for discount.

Computing for Geologists: ArcView

Venue: EMC, 1st Floor, 104 Stirling Highway, Nedlands
Course Details: Ron Heeks Tel: (08) 9386 6266 Fax: (08) 9386 6288
Email: emc@expmining.com.au
Registration: TBA. Only 8 places.
Date: 5 July 1999
Cost: $120/day

Computing for Geologists: Other

Please email computer courses in which you would like to participate.

Diamond Core: The Keystone of Predictive Geology

Registration: The Secretary, Mining & Geosciences, Leederville TAFE, (08) 9242 0491
Course Details: Pat Croker (08) 9354 2232
Date: TBA. If you missed this course, please wait for the next one.
Cost: $48 ($34 with a Health Care Card)

Course Aim: To provide comprehensive training in the preparation and measurement of orientated diamond core as a reliable basis for geotechnical or geological data presentation and interpretation.

Course Outline:
- Diamond core data collection, representation and interpretation.
- Introduction to the core orientation process.
- Drillhole supervision and survey.
- Measuring and logging structures.
- Methods of measurement.
- Stereonets concepts.
- Using Stereonets to represent and analyse drillhole data.
- Applications of the Mohr Circle.

A background is given in fundamental concepts associated with rock-mechanics fracture or failure processes and mineralisation. With this, the ore-body geometry and style, potential for extension and possibility of local or regional duplication can be deduced from the oriented core data.

Drill Management for Geologists

Course is being developed. $10 000 funding was approved. Please email to register interest or to offer suggestions.

SMART Mapping Short Course

Course Details: Dr Bill Laing, Laing Exploration Pty Ltd. Tel: (07) 47891401 Fax: (07) 4789 1451
Venue: Perth TBA
Date: 24-25 July 1999
Cost: $100 off for unemployed geologists. Includes 100-page manual.

Neural Mining

Course is being organised. Please email to register interest.

Aboriginal Liaison Skills

Course is being developed. Please email to register interest or to offer suggestions.

Job Search Skills

Please come to our monthly meetings on the third Friday each month. Recruiters are present to give you helpful tips, if not a job!!! The latest talk topic will be posted on the notice board. Don't miss Roger Staley's talk on how to create a job for yourself by marketing and selling your assets. Roger is a recruiter from Beilby Management. Details: 16 July, 1999 at Leederville TAFE, 5.00 pm.

Please email to register interest or to offer suggestions on courses.

Public Speaking

A public speaking course on how to conduct yourself is being organised. You will be given tips on how to succeed at job interviews and how to address politicians. Please give us a head count by sending an email to the course co-ordinator ASAP. Costs about $100 for one night/week over 6 weeks. At least 10 people to proceed with the course.

Other Courses

Please email the type of course which you think will help you.

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