On-campus mine surveying practicals: their contribution in training mining engineering students in an open distance learning context

Em Lugoma

doi:10.17159/24119717/2017/v117n3a1

Abstract

On-campus mine surveying practicals: their contribution in training mining engineering students in an open distance learning context

Highlights

The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the only South African university offering mine surveying by open distance learning (ODL)
Intended to service mining engineering practitioners in search of formal training, the university has seen a growing enrolment of private students. Because this cohort of students has had little contact with the mining environment, there is a need to supplement the theoretical training by ODL with practical sessions on campus
Six mine surveying modules forming part of the national diplomas in Mining Engineering and in Mine Surveying offered at UNISA were considered: Mine Survey II and III, Mine Valuation II and III (Mine Surveyors subjects), and Mine Survey and Valuation II and III (Mine Engineering subjects)

Summary

Mining III Mining Technical Services III Mine Survey and Valuation III

Prerequisite: EMA2601 or EMA2M1E & EMA2602 or EMA2M2E Prerequisite: MGY2601 or MGY291S Prerequisite: MEN2601 or MEN251W Prerequisite: MIN2601 or MIN201E

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Structural Geology III

Findings

Students who attended Students who did not attend