NORCAT adds ThoroughTec to its Training Centre

MINING INNOVATION NEWS – MAY 2014

NORCAT has added ThoroughTec, mining equipment simulation provider, to the NORCAT Global Centre of Excellence in Training and Development / Health and Safety. This collaborative Centre is focused on developing and providing world-class programmes, services and resources to reduce injuries, save lives and enhance productivity in the workplace.

The Centre will leverage and build on NORCAT’s 20-year history as a leader in health and safety programme development and administration for the skilled labour industries around the world. Don Duval, NORCAT’s CEO says, “The addition of ThoroughTec’s CYBERMINE4 simulator demonstrates our continued focus on investing in innovative and complementary training techniques for the global mining industry, pushing NORCAT to a new level of excellence and capability. In addition, our partnership with ThoroughTec demonstrates our focus on both domestic and international market opportunities for skilled labour training and development.”

NORCAT will launch the equipment simulation training service in the coming months offering an integrated program and curriculum initially at the NORCAT Centre in Sudbury, Ontario. Shortly afterwards, NORCAT will be transporting the simulator to other sites in Northern Ontario, including Timmins and Thunder Bay.