Overview
- Governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño presented certificates to 20 university instructors and mining executives after they completed the inaugural ‘Train the Trainer’ course in Hermosillo.
- Mining Skills Australia and the Australian Embassy in Mexico partnered to design the curriculum and deliver hands-on training in safety, sustainability and efficiency.
- Participants used virtual reality simulations and advanced pedagogies to master global best practices for instructing mining teams.
- The initiative operates under Plan Sonora de Energías Sostenibles as a key measure to develop technical capacity tied to the state’s energy transition goals.
- Australian Ambassador Rachel Moseley hailed the collaboration as a significant enhancement of Mexico–Australia ties in technical education and resource development.