This handy workbook prepares you for professional licensure and allows you to practice your test-taking skills. The text covers the history of professional licensure and the Mining and Minerals Processing exam; explains what licensing can do for you; outlines the engineering licensure process; highlights the six steps to licensure; covers application procedures; includes Model Rules of Professional Conduct; lists NCEES publications; and describes the testing process. A sample test complete with questions and answers is similar in content and format to an actual principles and practice (PE) licensure exam.
Prepare for your Professional Engineer exam with this 8th edition of SME's study guide. This handy workbook lets you know what to expect and provides the opportunity to practice your test-taking skills. The text covers what licensing can do for you, outlines the engineering licensure process, highlights the steps to licensure, summarizes the application process, and provides test-taking strategies specific to the PE exam. The text also includes a chapter on ethics for professional engineers and details the rules of professional conduct from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The Study Guide provides the important references that should be studied for the PE exam as well as a list of other helpful resources. Perhaps the most useful element is a sample test, including the solutions, that is similar in content and format to the actual Principles and Practice of Engineering licensure exam. Although the practice exam cannot include all the possible subject matter that may appear on the actual exam, you'll find it beneficial to practice answering the types of questions that will appear on the test. The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) advances the worldwide mining and minerals community through information exchange and professional development. SME plays a central role in the licensure process for professional engineers through its Professional Engineers Exam Committee and its affiliation with NCEES.
Prepare for the Mining/Mineral Professional Engineering Examination with this new edition of SME's Study Guide for the Professional Registration of Mining/Mineral Engineers. This handy workbook lets you know what to expect and provides an opportunity to apply your test-taking skills. The text covers the history of professional certification and this exam, explains what registration can do for you, outlines the engineering registration process, highlights the six steps to registration, covers the application process, includes NCEES model rules of professional conduct and NCEES publications, and describes the testing process. Perhaps the most useful element is a sample test, complete with answers, that is similar in content and format to an actual certification exam.
Before You Put the First Shovel in the Ground—This Book Could Be the Difference Between a Successful Mining Operation and a Money Pit Opening a successful new mine is a vastly complex undertaking, entailing several years and millions to billions of dollars. In today’s world, when environmental and labor policies, regulatory compliance, and the impact of the community must be factored in, you cannot afford to make a mistake. The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration has created this road map for you. Written by two hands-on, in-the-trenches mining project managers with decades of experience bringing some of the world’s most successful, profitable mines into operation on time, within budget, and ethically, Project Management for Mining gives you step-by-step instructions in every process you are likely to encounter. It is in use as course material in universities in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Iran, Kazakhstan, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, as well as the United States. In addition, more than 100 different mining companies have sent employees to attend seminars conducted by authors Robin Hickson and Terry Owen, sessions all based around the material within this book. In the years following the first edition, the authors gratefully received a bevy of excellent suggestions from some 2,000 readers in over 50 countries. This helpful reader feedback, coupled with written evaluations from the more than 400 seminar attendees, has been an unparalleled source of improvement for this new book. This second edition is a significant accomplishment that includes 5 new chapters, substantial updates to the original 34 chapters, and 56 new or updated figures, flowcharts, and checklists that every project manager can use.
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