TY - JOUR

T1 - A comprehensive skills catalogue for the raw materials sector and the structure of raw materials education worldwide

AU - Hartlieb, Philipp

AU - Jorda Bordehore, Luis

AU - Regueiro y González-Barros, Manuel

AU - Correia, Vitor

AU - Vidovic, Jelena

PY - 2020/5/28

Y1 - 2020/5/28

N2 - The raw materials sector is undergoing significant structural changes. Skills required by emerging technologies and ever more challenging mineral deposits are changing quicker than todays’ workforce can update them. Education mainly focusses on “classical” raw materials related topics (geology, mining and mineral processing), whereas there are deficiencies in emerging and non-technical skills like communication and management. There is a strong need for both sides to understand the necessities and constraints of the respective other partner in this business. This paper generates a knowledge base for future analysis of raw materials education, identifying currently taught skills and the structure ofhigher education. A definition of skills, knowledge and teaching areas is presented, leading to a comprehensive “skills catalogue”. It builds the basis for an inventory of raw materials education worldwide.

AB - The raw materials sector is undergoing significant structural changes. Skills required by emerging technologies and ever more challenging mineral deposits are changing quicker than todays’ workforce can update them. Education mainly focusses on “classical” raw materials related topics (geology, mining and mineral processing), whereas there are deficiencies in emerging and non-technical skills like communication and management. There is a strong need for both sides to understand the necessities and constraints of the respective other partner in this business. This paper generates a knowledge base for future analysis of raw materials education, identifying currently taught skills and the structure ofhigher education. A definition of skills, knowledge and teaching areas is presented, leading to a comprehensive “skills catalogue”. It builds the basis for an inventory of raw materials education worldwide.

KW - career

KW - competencies

KW - geology

KW - knowledge

KW - mining

KW - Raw materials education

KW - skills

KW - workforce

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086329874&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/25726668.2020.1770406

DO - 10.1080/25726668.2020.1770406

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85086329874

VL - 129.2020

SP - 82

EP - 94

JO - Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

JF - Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

SN - 2572-6668

IS - 2

ER -