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The Advertiser: Does fast-track training to meet mining boom mean cut corners in Australia?

MINING.com Editor | May 17, 2011 | 1:58 pm Education 

Australia needs every worker it can get if it intends to take advantage of its current mining boom, but Melvin Mansell of The Advertiser argues that a proposal to fast-track apprentice training could lead to cut corners and underskilled workers....