Course 1: Fundamentals of Tailings Engineering
- Tailings generation (mineral processing, tailings production)
- Tailings characterization (physical and geochemical characterization)
- Tailings continuum and rheology (separation, dewatering, thickening, and filtering)
- Tailings operations and geotechnics (overview of design)
- Tailings innovation and minimization
- 15 Contact hours
Course 2: TSF Planning, Siting and Design Concepts
- External factors affecting TSF planning and siting
- TSF facility types and components (impoundments, liner systems and seepage control)
- Construction and operations (tailings transport and deposition)
- TSF planning and siting (site selection process)
- Site investigations and sampling (geologic, geotechnical, borrow materials)
- 15 Contact hours
Course 3: TSF Geotechnical Design, Instrumentation and Monitoring
- Key components of a design cross section
- Effective stresses and pore water pressure monitoring
- Static and dynamic loading conditions (long-term drained, undrained, post-earthquake and pseudo static)
- Static and dynamic stability, and sensitivity and deformation analyses
- TSF surveillance, performance monitoring and inspections
- 15 Contact hours
Course 4: TSF Water Management
- Hydrologic and hydrogeologic considerations in siting and TSF water management
- Development and implementation of TSF and mine water management plans
- Building, calibrating and applying TSF water balances to support improved decision making
- Geochemical considerations for tailings management, water quality and AMD/metal leaching
- Seepage management (including hydraulic containment, active and passive water treatment technologies)
- Environmental performance framework and regulatory processes
- 15 Contact hours
Course 5: TSF Operation and Governance
- Tailings Stewardship including corporate stewardship, communication and emotional IQ
- Roles, responsibilities and expectations of tailings stewards
- Tailings management systems, operation, maintenance, and surveillance (OMS), and documentation
- TSF monitoring systems and data analysis
- TSF Risk Management and emergency action plans (EAP)
- Comparison of applicable international standards
- 15 Contact hours
Course 6: TSF Closure and Reclamation
- TSF decommissioning and closure (environmental, social, legal, and financial components, life of mine phases)
- Tailings management for closure during operations
- TSF closure planning (characterization of mine waste characterization, covers, landform design)
- TSF closure management plans (baseline data, socio-economic planning, objectives, site trials)
- TSF decommissioning, closure, and post-closure monitoring (planning and management requirements)
- Closure cost estimates, environmental liability, and financial assurance instruments
- 15 Contact hours
