Training & Development
Grow your career with us
Our employees are the heart of our company. TNDC invests in our people resources through training and development. Providing training and development to help our employees grow their careers with us and Tahltans gain the experience they need to work with us is a key strategy to attract, retain and create the talent we need to grow our business.
We offer a variety of training, including heavy equipment operation, leadership and management training for Supervisors, Mentors, Lead Hands, Forepersons and Project Managers, as well as other on-the-job training specific to positions.
Tahltan HEO Program
Our multi-faceted program Tahltan Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Training Program is designed to build capacity in our communities across several areas: drivers’ licences and driving for employment; developing new heavy equipment operators; and continuing to grow current heavy equipment operators into mentors, trainers, and instructors.
The program has been developed in partnership with industry, industry training authorities and partners, with most training occurring in Tahltan Territory. It helps to address skill shortages within our region while also providing on-the-job practical work experience to set participants up for success. Learn more by visiting the Tahltan HEO website.
TNDC HEO Employee Training Program
The TNDC Employee Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Training Program supports the growth and development of our TNDC employees by offering Heavy Equipment Operator Training and the opportunity for career progression. Led by the TNDC Training Team, TNDC employees will progress through a training framework based on industry standard curriculum, including simulator time, and observed working hours.
The TNDC Employee HEO Program integrates with existing employee shift patterns and participants will maintain their current wage, benefits, etc. This program will support operators at all levels in progressing their skills and knowledge.
Mentor Training
A key cornerstone of our HEO training programs is the involvement of senior Heavy Equipment Operators (HEO Mentor), who work alongside our HEO Instructor onsite at Red Chris and help the HEO program participants stay safe and build new skills.
Mentors work directly with participants to help them get comfortable on site, be a safe and engaging presence, as well as provide feedback and respond to questions from participants, either when learning in the sandbox or around camp.
Mentors participate in a 2-day training course that teaches HEO and mining competencies, how to determine if another person is demonstrating or understanding a competency, and how to effectively communicate with other adult learners, to provide effective feedback to help people grow and improve. Mentors then participate in the HEO Training program for two to five days of their regular rotation.
Supervisor Training
TNDC supports and provides several training programs to our Frontline Supervisors:
- Mining Industry Human Resource Council (MiHR) Frontline Supervisor (FLS) training teaches the skills and competencies required to develop, upskill and provide advancement opportunities to an existing workforce.
- Site Leadership Skills training is mandatory for all lead hands and forepersons.
- Supervisory & Management Skills training is mandatory for all supervisors and project managers.
- Construction Management courses are optional for those who wish to build their knowledge, skills and qualifications.
- BC Mines Shiftboss Certificate is required under the BC Mines Act for those who supervise more than six workers, are engaged in a mining activity on the surface of any mine, or who supervise any number of workers in an underground mine.
TNDC Mobile HEO Training Centre
The TNDC Mobile Training Centre is a 44-foot trailer designed for training purposes. It houses four simulators, each with its own unique operator training program including articulated trucks, dozers and loaders, excavators, and another program in development. The simulators offer learners a safe, virtual environment to develop their skills in operating Cat heavy equipment.
Based at the Red Chris mine within Tahltan Territory, the centre has the flexibility to relocate to other sites as needed. Its primary objective is to support both the Tahltan HEO program and the TNDC Employee HEO training program.
Gold Hand, Green Hand
The Green Hand, Gold Hand safety program aims to reduce injuries amongst young, new or inexperienced workers. The innovative program assists supervisors (Gold Hand) in assessing a worker’s (Green Hand) understanding, experience and competency in the workplace and provides training and coaching where required.
To ensure the safe integration of workers into the workplace, any worker employed by TNDC who is under the age of 25 or deemed an inexperienced worker (with less than one year of industry-related experience), is required to participate in the Green Hand, Gold Hand Program.
