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Overview
What you will study
The Mine Water Systems course offered by University of Queensland is design to equip environmental personnel with technical knowledge in sampling and monitoring, data management, mine water quality, mine site water balance and regulated structures, subsidence and watercourse diversions.
What you'll learn:
- Legislative and regulatory requirements that apply to mine water systems.
- How to manage a sampling program and associated monitoring network, and interpret and analyse water quality data.
- How to identify the various elements of a mine water system and develop a mine water balance.
- The requirements for managing regulated structures on a mine site.
- Site-specific issues such as the influence of groundwater on pit slope stability, impacts of subsidence, and requirements for watercourse diversions
- How to submit incident reports to regulators.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Legal Requirements
- Water Quality and Frameworks
- Monitoring Design and Data Management
- Water Accounting Framework
- Regulated Structures
- Pit Lakes Water Balance
- Pit Slope Stability
- Managing Water for Safe Operations
- Subsidence
- Watercourse Diversions
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Hydrology & Water Management View 3 other Short Courses in Hydrology & Water Management in AustraliaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- CRICOS: 00025B
- This course is developed for environmental personnel working for mining companies to give them the foundational skills for managing water resources on a mine site.
- This course is targeted at professionals with less than 10 years experience working in the mining industry.
- An ArcGIS Pro license is required. If it is not available through employment conditions, a personal ArcGIS Pro licence can be purchased on Esri’s website website for US$100 for a one-year licence.
- To be eligible for entry to most UQ programs, you need to meet our minimum English language requirements (overall IELTS of 6.5 and 6.0 in all sub-bands or equivalent).
Work experience
This course is targeted at professionals with less than 10 years experience working in the mining industry.
Technological requirements
- Computer system requirements: preferably 16GB of RAM (memory); 8GB is recommended as a minimum. All GIS workflows that are provided in the courses were tested with 16GB Memory system, Intel i7 processor (3GHz), Intel Iris Xe integrated GPU (8GB), Samsung NVMe SSD.
Tuition Fee
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International
3000 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3000 AUD for the full programme during 5 months. -
National
3000 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3000 AUD for the full programme during 5 months.
Funding
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