The success of any organization depends on its most valuable resource—people—and the Canadian mining industry is no exception. The efforts of workers have made the mining industry a major player in Canada's economy and a leader on the world stage.

Today's mining industry employers are facing some difficult human resources challenges:

• Matching supply and demand for workers
• Attracting, retaining, and transitioning workers
• Skills recognition
• Labour mobility
• Increased competition for top talent
• Lack of labour market information

MiHR can assist you with these challenges. Created by industry for industry, MiHR's mandate is to develop solutions tailored to the human resources needs of the mining sector through collaboration with mining industry employers and other communities of interest.

By working with MiHR, you are choosing to collaborate with other industry stakeholders in developing targeted solutions that will benefit your organization and the mining industry as a whole.

If you would like to find out more about how MiHR can help you or if you would like to get involved as an industry volunteer, please Contact Us.

Tools for Employers

MiHR offers a set of human resources tools designed to help you attract and, more importantly, retain your most valuable resource—people.

Programs:

The Canadian Mining Credentials Program is the cornerstone of the mining industry's efforts to:

• recognize the skills, knowledge and experience of mining workers,
• provide workers with portable credentials,
• accredit training programs for mining workers, and
• enable employers to accurately and consistently verify the skills and experience of job applicants and support ongoing professional recognition for their employees.

The Canadian Mining Credentials Program has three components: 

1. National Occupational Standards (NOS);
2. Certification; and
3. Accreditation of Training. 

To date, under the guidance of industry development committees, MiHR has developed four National Occupational Standards - Underground Miner, Surface Miner, Minerals Processing Operator and Diamond Driller.   Certification based on these NOS for Underground Hard rock Miner, Surface Miner, Minerals Processing Operator will be nationally available in Fall 2011

Products

• Virtual MineMentor Program Portal
• Mining for Diversity: An Employer's Guide to Attract, Recruit and Retain a Diverse Workforce  (PDF 6.6mb)
• Mining Industry Attraction, Recruitment and Retention Strategy (MARS) Project Overview  (PDF 3.2 mb)
• Joint Workplace Adjustment Committee (JWAC) Tools and Services  (PDF 293kb)
• Mining Industry Human Resources Guide for Aboriginal Communities  (PDF 1.3mb) 
• Planning Guide to Federal Government Programming  (PDF 712kb)
• Mastering Aboriginal Inclusion in Mining

Publications

Labour Market Research

• Mining Labour Market Transition Project - Summary Report  (PDF 567kb)
• British Columbia Report on Labour Market Demand Projections  (PDF 4.2mb)
• Saskatchewan Report on Labour Market Demand Projections  (PDF 4.2mb)
• Prospecting the Future: Meeting Human Resources Challenges in the Canadian Minerals and Metals Industry  (PDF 1.3mb)

Policy Research

• Policy Quarterly (Winter 2009)  (PDF 871kb)

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