We typically think of there being theoretical and practical knowledge. Then there’s common sense – or what we often refer to as street smarts. The most rounded and successful individuals in mining tend to be those that have all three.
Street smarts provide you with a worldly common sense of how to operate in mining’s everyday life. A street smart individual listens, understands, operates and communicates with confidence. In mining terms, this would be a sound knowledge of the many key and current entities in mining, from the people, to the mines, to the disasters and events.
You need to be street smart in mining to conduct efficient business in mining
How does one know if they are street smart or not. Well, most often they don’t – and that’s simply because we don’t always know what we don’t know. The Street Smarts in Mining Challenge was created to assess an individual’s worldly knowledge of mining. It’s a quick 25 question timed online quiz that anyone can take at any time. The score distribution indicates that on average, fewer than 50% of more than 1,000 individuals that have taken the challenge could answer half the questions.
Many may be operating in the mining industry without knowing some of the key, current and insightful information they should.
The 360 Mining Course was conceived and produced to fill this need in mining education. The course provides an immediate boost to anyone starting off in mining, involved in mining, on the periphery of mining, or just generally interested in mining.
The course covers important producing mines, people in mining, mining companies, commodities, mining money, mining suppliers, mining equipment, the major mining events, mining regulation, schools, and more.
By taking the course, you will be able to talk the talk and walk the walk of mining. What you learn in this short session, others take years to learn, or never end up learning at all.
If you want to drive your career rather than being driven, then get street smart. Get what few others have by taking the course. A planned and strategic approach to professional development is a key component of surviving and thriving in the competitive mining industry. Successful professional development has its roots in personal and professional responsibility – it’s a commitment to advance and improve.