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G-MIRMGlobal Minerals Industry Risk Management

JKTech Pty Ltd40 Isles Road, Indooroopilly QLD 4068, AUSTRALIA | Telephone: +61 7 3365 5842 | Facsimile: +61 7 3365 5900 | [email protected] | www.jktech.com.au

In alignment with JKTech’s commitment to safety and developing initiatives for the mining industry, our G-MIRM program has been instrumental in assisting mining companies in improving safety and embedding risk control as part of their organisational culture.

About G-MIRM

Developed by the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at the University of Queensland, the Global Minerals Industry Risk Management program, G-MIRM, delivers practical and effective risk management solutions.

G-MIRM provides a high quality, globally available and consistent program for executing a step change in operational risk management by providing the information required by managers to enable effective decision making about risk.

Decreasing risk has always been a primary goal for JKTech in delivering outcomes for its clients by focusing on safety for mining operations to maximise their success.

Our aim is to educate and equip the minerals industry with knowledge and skills to better identify hazards and to make better decisions about risk.

G-MIRM builds on a wealth of expertise to identify risk management best practices through insights gained from the mining industry and from the nuclear, aviation and chemical sectors.

In 2007, a working group representing Anglo American Business Units from across the globe was formed to develop a ‘One Anglo’ Risk Management process.

Professor Jim Joy was appointed as the Anglo American Chair in Minerals Industry Safety Risk Management at the University of Queensland and Jim was an integral member of the working group.

G-MIRM aims to achieve two critical outcomes:

1. To initiate a change in operational risk management through improving managers’ understanding and practice of risk management.

2. To challenge and affect the way managers, as individuals, make decisions, behave and lead teams in managing operational risk.

G-MIRM is implemented through a global network of universities and training providers that ensures consistent outcomes and quality assurance in the delivery and effectiveness of the program.


G-MIRM Tailored Programs for Industry

Each global segment has a local university representatives with whom we work to maintain quality and consistent delivery of the course as well as integrating core content to suit the local environment.

1. The terminology for Safety Risk Management is clearly defined and consistently presented at all levels, to establish a quality discussion at any level about hazards, unwanted events, risks and controls.

2. Core content includes a model of the risk management process, which involves a deviation from previous risk management models in Standards due to the need to emphasise selected areas.

3. A leading practice, ‘layered’ approach to applying risk assessment at a site level is consistently communicated, discussed and analysed. This model is based on an industry benchmark study.

4. Finally, the risk management process is explained and discussed as a maturity journey that involves both people and systems, with discussions and exercises to challenge and identify current status as well as business unitild plans to improve.

“We have created a maturity journey which takes mining companies through the steps to achieve world class safety risk performance.”Jim Joy, Manager Risk Management Services JKTech Pty Ltd

We have structured the global G-MIRM delivery to benefit the whole industry.

Our university partners in delivery of the G-MIRM program

The global delivery of G-MIRM for managers by universities is segmented into five regions:

• Africa

• Europe/North America

• South America (Spanish)

• South America (Portuguese)

• Australia/Asia


EXECUTIVE EDUCATIONThis workshop is aimed at Senior Executives and strategic leaders with responsibility for defining and managing corporate and business unit approaches for risk management.• Executives will obtain a clear understanding of G-MIRM and their related role• A deeper insight into risk concepts, risk assessment methods and their application to corporate or

business unit goals• Challenge traditional thinking about risk• Produce a corporate or business unit improvement plan to move forward on the journey

MANAGER EDUCATIONThe Managers workshop aims to initiate a radical change in safety within operations and disciplines through improving a manager’s understanding and practice of Risk Management leading to better decisions affecting safety. This course is aimed at:• Mine or Project level – General Managers, Mine Managers, section Managers, Superintendents,

Mine Captains, Plant supervisors, senior Technical Staff, Safety Managers & practitioners• Division or corporate Structure – technical and functional staff (e.g Engineering, Ventilation, Safety,

Human Resources, Finance & procurement)• Long term/high hazard contractor managers

SUPERVISOR TRAININGThe Level 2 program is designed to assist the Supervisor in implementing an effective safety and health risk management system within an operation.

INDUCTION FOR ALLImprove the understanding and practice of Risk Management leading to better decisions affecting safety and initiating a radical change in safety performance across the company.Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to apply new skills and knowledge to their own work location and challenge old ways of thinking about safety and safety risk management.

The program is developed with four levels of education and training.

Four Levels of G-MIRM


Please contact:Phil Turner General Manager Risk and Sustainability

E: [email protected] T: +61 7 3365 5838 M: +61 419 89 8687

JKTech Services• Consulting (comminution, flotation, mineralogy, mining & geometallurgy,

social responsibility, risk management, and sustainability)• Specialist Software (JKSimMet, JKSimFloat, JKMultiBal, JKSimBlast)• Specialist Equipment (ore breakage characterisation, flotation characterisation) • Metallurgical Laboratory Services • SMI Knowledge Transfer

KEY BENEFITS:

• Raised awareness and early recognition of significant hazards and risks

• Development of internal skills to scope a risk assessment and apply tools for comparison with good practice approaches

• Providing practical tools to improve risk management and move forward on the safety maturity journey

• Improved understanding of the importance of making a personal commitment to, and setting accountability for, managing risk leading to better decision-making processes.

• Identify new opportunities to strengthen internal procedures and policies.

Award-Winning Risk Management SolutionsIn 2009, the IChemE Innovation and Excellence Award

in Health and Safety was awarded to the G-MIRM (as the Anglo American SRMP).

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