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The Tailings Center is restructuring its Fundamentals of Tailings Management Short Course series to meet the evolving needs of the industry
The Tailings Center recently completed a comprehensive review of its educational programs, resulting in a strategic shift in our approach. While our virtual short courses in tailings engineering showed early potential, they encountered notable challenges. As a result, we are discontinuing the virtual format and moving to a more effective, in-person training model.
 
The current plan is for the Professional Certificate Course(s) to be a focused, one-week in-person program offering Professional Development Hours (PDHs) or Continuing Education Units (CEUs), held at one of the universities in 2025, during a period that allows for field trips. The cost of the course is still to be determined.

The Tailings Center developed short course content that provided registrants with an understanding of the Fundamentals of Tailings Management. The target audience for these courses are those who seek additional basic knowledge on tailings management.

Content of the previously developed short courses will be integrated in the new course(s) offerings. The content of the six previously offered course is shown below.
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Course 1: Fundamentals of Tailings Engineering

Tailings generation, characterization continuum, operations and geotechnics,
innovation and minimization.

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Course 2: Planning, Siting and Design Concepts

Factors impacting TSF planning and siting, facility types and components, Construction and operations, planning and siting, site investigations and sampling.

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Course 3: Geotechnical Design, Instrumentation & Monitoring

Design, stresses and pore water pressure monitoring, loading conditions, stability analyses, performance monitoring and inspections.

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Course 4: Water Management

Hydrologic considerations, management, water balances, geochemical consideration, water quality and leaching, seepage, performance and regulatory processes.

 

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Course 5: Operation and Governance

Tailings Stewardship, management systems, operation, maintenance, and surveillance, monitoring systems and data analysis, risk management and emergency action plans, international standards.

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Course 6: Closure and Reclamation

Decommissioning closure planning, monitoring, cost estimates, environmental liability, and financial assurance.