Education & Training
MTEC Program
LEME was a major contributor to the Minerals Council of Australia’s Minerals Tertiary Education Council (MTEC) Honours and postgraduate minerals training program over its lifetime. In 2006-07, LEME E&T worked to ensure the continuation of the MTEC program by contributing towards strategic planning and the hand-over of regolith-related education and training to the individual core party universities.
In late 2007 the three core party universities were individually invited by MTEC to enter a new contract to deliver regolith-content Honours-level short courses for the period 2008-2010, the previous contract lapsing in December 2007. The invitations were based on the good work, good will and excellent course materials developed over the previous 7 years of LEME’s involvement in MTEC.
LEME developed and delivered the following MTEC courses over the period 7/2001 to 6/2008:
Year |
Course |
Venue |
Staff |
2001-02 |
Introduction to MapInfo GIS
Regolith Geology and Geochemistry (RGG)
Regolith Mapping and Field Techniques (RMF)
Introduction to Hydrogeochemistry (HGC)
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (RSM) |
Canberra, ACT
Melbourne, Vic
Silverton, NSW
Melbourne, Vic
Adelaide, SA |
Roach
Taylor, Joyce, Robertson, Kotsonis
S. Hill, Roach, Fisher, Foster
de Caritat, Kirste
Lewis, Mauger, Stamoulis |
2002-03 |
Regolith Mapping and Field Techniques (RMF)
Introduction to Hydrogeochemistry (HGC)
Environmental Mineralogy (EMN)
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (RSM)
Regolith Geology and Mineral Exploration MSc |
Fowlers Gap, NSW
Melbourne, Vic,
Canberra, ACT
Adelaide, SA
Canberra, ACT |
S. Hill, Roach, Foster
de Caritat, Kirste
Eggleton
Lewis, Mauger, Stamoulis
Greene, L. Hill, S. Hill, Kirste, McQueen, Moore, Radford, Roach, Rutherford, Taylor |
2003-04 |
Regolith Geology and Geochemistry (RGG)
Regolith Mapping and Field Techniques (RMF)
Introduction to Hydrogeochemistry (HGC)
Advanced Remote Sensing (RSM)
Environmental Mineralogy (EMN)
Regolith Geology and Mineral Exploration MSc |
Wilsons Promontory, Vic
Fowlers Gap, NSW
Melbourne, Vic
Adelaide, SA
Canberra, ACT
Fowlers Gap, NSW |
S. Hill, Aspandiar, Roach
S. Hill, Roach
Kirste, de Caritat
Lewis, Mauger
Eggleton, Troitzsch
L. Hill, S. Hill, McQueen, Roach, Robertson, Scott |
2004-05 |
Regolith Geology and Geochemistry (RGG)
Regolith Mapping and Field Techniques (RMF)
Introduction to Hydrogeochemistry (HGC)
Advanced Remote Sensing (RSM) |
Wilsons Promontory, Vic
Fowlers Gap, NSW
Melbourne, Vic
Adelaide, SA |
Aspandiar, Joyce, Roach
S. Hill, Roach
Kirste, de Caritat
Lewis, Mauger |
2005-06 |
Regolith Geology and Geochemistry (RGG)
Introduction to Hydrogeochemistry (HGC)
Regolith Mapping and Field Techniques (RMF)
Advanced Remote Sensing (RSM)
Environmental Mineralogy (EMN)
Regolith Geology and Mineral Exploration MSc |
Wilsons Promontory, Vic
Melbourne, Vic
Fowlers Gap, NSW
Adelaide, SA
Canberra, ACT
Fowlers Gap, NSW |
S. Hill, Aspandiar, Roach
Kirste, de Caritat, Welch
S. Hill, Roach
Lewis, Mauger
Eggleton, Aspandiar, Troitzsch
S. Hill, McPhail, McQueen, Roach, Robertson, Scott |
2006-07 |
Regolith Geology and Geochemistry (RGG)
Introduction to Hydrogeochemistry (HGC)
Environmental Mineralogy (EMN) |
Wilsons Promontory, Vic
Melbourne, Vic
Canberra, ACT |
S. Hill, Aspandiar, Roach
Kirste, de Caritat, Welch
Aspandiar, Eggleton, Troitzsch |
2007-08 |
Individual core parties offered MTEC courses in this year, based on material developed and delivered in the preceeding 6 years. |
Continuing courses developed and delivered by the three core party universities include many in-kind contributed LEME staff and associates, in 2008:
- Minerals Exploration Under Cover, Arkaroola SA, 16-22 March 2008, Dr Steve Hill (UA), Dr Ian Roach (ANU);
- Mining Geology and Resource Evaluation, Kalgoorlie WA, 11-15 February 2008, Dr Mehrooz Aspandiar (CUT), Prof Ian Fitzsimmons (CUT), Prof Peter Collins (CUT);
- Regolith Geoscience and Mineral Exploration, Canberra ACT, 14-18 April 2008, Dr Bear McPhail (ANU), Prof Brad Pillans (ANU), A Prof Ken McQueen (ANU), Mr Keith Scott (ANU), Ms Lisa Worrall (GA).
These new courses continue to build on the excellent course materials developed over the 7 years of LEME involvement in MTEC, some of which are now available on the LEME web site, including:
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