Background
The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) is a multipartite, industry-driven organization that brings all mining sector stakeholders together to address human resources issues. Incorporated in 1996, MiHR is an independent not-for-profit organization. Today, MiHR is the recognized leader in the identification and analysis of HR issues facing the industry as well as the catalyst for the development and implementation of HR solutions.
The Mining Industry Human Resources (MiHR) Council is recognized as the leader in the development and implementation of national human resources solutions in Canada’s mining sector. MiHR convenes industry stakeholders, which include Canadian mining employers, contractors, industry associations, organized labour, educational institutions, and Indigenous communities, to enable national collaboration on HR matters and a common awareness of industry-wide HR challenges.
Mission
MiHR’s mission is to lead collaboration across the Canadian mining sector to understand labour market trends, identify opportunities, and develop solutions.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
As part of ongoing efforts that support greater diversity and inclusion within the sector, MiHR provides ‘Mining Essentials’ (ME) - a pre-employment training program for Indigenous peoples who are interested in a career in mining. Mining Essentials teaches both the essential skills and work readiness skills necessary to gain an entry-level position in the Canadian mining industry. This program was developed in partnership with the Assemble of First Nations (AFN) and has been piloted, tested and run in communities across Canada. Mining Essentials was created to help companies and communities meet joint hiring and employment needs. It allows companies to benefit from a local, skilled and safety-conscious workforce that also fosters economic development, resulting in healthier communities. It is typically delivered as a 12 week, in-classroom training program. Trainers are trained by MiHR prior to delivering the program.
MiHR was awarded funding from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to enhance and pilot the Mining Essentials program and secondly to increase opportunities for employment of non-Indigenous audiences who face barriers to entry into the mining industry. As part of this second objective, the Mining Essentials essential skills curriculum will be used as a foundation to create essential skill, pre-employment training for each of the following target groups: immigrants, women and youth.
The results from the work outlined in this Request for Proposal will be nationally recognized work-ready skills development programs, ensuring consistency in learning outcomes that can be delivered with flexibility, locally, and by a variety of qualified training organizations for all three target groups. Deliverables will include:
- all training material for essential skill/pre-employment curriculum and delivery model for each of the three target groups, including all administrative guidelines for delivery and train-the-trainer guides; and
- all program forms, documents and tools required to deliver the customized programs (application forms, guides, consent forms, registry/database, learning management system, etc.) This will include
