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This new training manual is intended to assist
with training programmes for operational and field personnel
at mine sites. It will also help to make managers and inspectorates
more aware of the key issues and options in rehabilitation
and can thus serve as an element in more general courses
and curricula.
The manual contains summaries of the main
principles of rehabilitation, mine waste disposal and tailings
dams stabilisation, particularly from the point of view
of environmental and health protection. It addresses rehabilitation
from the perspective of mines that are still in the planning
stage, operational mines, and abandoned mine sites.
As simple reading is rarely sufficient to
provide effective learning experience, the manual contains
case studies and examples as well as a set of work exercises
and questions to be used in the classroom or in the field.
Useful diagrams and tables are provided in the form of transparencies
for use by the trainer. References and bibliographies are
indicated for further study.
In its present form, the manual is intended
primarily to help trainers in their teaching or instruction,
though it may also be used for individual study. Trainers
should use it as a source of ideas, not as a textbook. It
provides an overview of the issues related to mine rehabilitation
that need to be considered, rather than in-depth coverage
of any issue in particular.
The manual is suitable as a model for a complete
course on mine rehabilitation, or to teach on selected individual
units. In order to make it possible for the manual to be
used as a stand-alone source document, some material on
environmental impacts and environmental management generally
has been included. Trainers should add material or modify
some sections to suit local circumstances. By providing
a structure for the package, in a convenient loose-leaf
format, trainers can expand certain themes and develop their
own exercises and practical sessions. Very simple overhead
slide masters have been included.
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