SHARE ON: MacLean BT3-BEV Boom Truck, emerging from a mine portal in Ontario. Workers in the test mine learning about the new research and how it can be applied to their various operations. Photos provided by MacLean Research and Training Facility.
Canada’s largest manufacturer of underground mining vehicles is partnering with Cambrian College to support skills and technology development.
Stella Holloway of MacLean Research and Training Facility in Sudbury says it is set to host the practical component of Cambrian’s Industrial Battery Electric Vehicle Maintenance Course.
She says Cambrian’s curriculum, developed in part with MacLean technical input, is designed for Heavy Duty technicians currently working in the mining sector.
MacLean, Cambrian College establish mining training and research partnership January 20, 2021
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MacLean boom truck Credit: MacLean Engineering
MacLean Engineering, Canada’s largest manufacturer of underground mining vehicles, is partnering with Sudbury’s Cambrian College to support skills and technology development for the electric, automated, and digitalized mine of today and tomorrow.
The MacLean Research and Training Facility in Sudbury, Ont., is set to host the practical component of Cambrian’s Industrial Battery Electric Vehicle Maintenance course. Cambrian’s curriculum, developed in part with MacLean technical input, is designed for heavy duty technicians currently working in the mining sector.
In addition to delivering corporate training courses, Cambrian’s Centre for Smart Mining is also the only federally recognized Technology Access Centre specific to the mining technology sector, with funding to support technology developme