High School Students Start Digging Their Future

The National Academy of Civil Construction and Mining - Aranui will be launched on Monday September 17 at Aranui High School in Christchurch. It will be based in a purpose-designed area at the School, and will eventually consist of six or more chairs where students can practice operational skills on a variety of heavy machines through a simulated computer software programme.

In a unique joint venture with Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Aranui High School students will be able to prepare themselves for a career in the civil construction and mining industries when the country's first ever school-based training course for heavy machine operators begins next year.

Using computer simulation, students will be able to practice operational skills on a variety of heavy machines whilst still in the classroom. They will then progress to real machines at Tai Poutini Polytechnic's Christchurch Digger School, which runs with the support of CPIT.

 

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