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Providing development opportunities for host communities youth
For most of the youth in our host Apprenticeship Training set up to oversee the selection
communities, working in the mine Programme. The Scalable process of the programme and
is an aspiration they passionate- Apprenticeship programme is a 3 enhance the transparency and
ly hope to fulfil. For others, it is years training in Mechanical and integrity of the entrance
merely a dream because they do Electrical disciplines as well as examination for the programme.
not have the requisite skills to be Process Operation, welding,
employed as skilled workers in the auto-electrical/mechanical, fixed Overall, 60 candidates from the
mining industry. plant electrical and mine’s host communities took part
instrumentation and equipment in an entrance examination for the
In this regard, the Apprenticeship training modules. 2017 intake after which 20
Training Programme was successful candidates were
established during the With the Ahafo Mill Expansion and selected for the 3 year
construction phase of the Subika Underground Projects on programme.
Ahafo mine to provide training and stream, trainees are being
development opportunities for the introduced to new modules in their The Apprenticeship programme
youth of its host communities. curriculum which includes process in addition to the scholarship
operation, underground packages offered to tertiary and
Since its inception, 125 locals Maintenance, auto-electrical/ senior high school students
have graduated and about 96 mechanical, fixed plant electrical under the Newmont Ahafo
have been employed by and instrumentation and Development Foundation
Newmont and its business equipment training modules. (NADeF) are in line with our
partners. Newmont spends The training programme which purpose of creating value and
approximately $25,000 on each began in 2017 is scheduled to end improving lives.
Apprentice throughout the four in 2026.
year training period.In order to
make it more sustainable, the An Apprenticeship Examination
Apprenticeship Training Council (AEC) which consists of a
Programme was revised into what Newmont Ahafo site
is now known as the Scalable cross-functional committee was
Assessing prospective candidates for the Apprenticeship Programme
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