The University of Toronto Engineering faculty has a program called the professional experience year. We place students from our mineral engineering program in mining industries for either summer internships or 12- to 16-month internships. Through that process, they get very good on-the-ground training. Some of our students' courses are taught by people from industry, so that really gives them a good appreciation of what the industry is all about and what skills are needed for the industry. Of course, they are fresh graduates when they get out to the mines, so there's always a period of adjustment and learning.
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