Tailings Storage Facility Management
About this course

Overview

The standard for tailings moved after Brumadinho, and so did the scrutiny. Built around what African facilities and the people running them actually deal with, this covers dam safety, GISTM compliance, and the monitoring routines that catch a problem while it is still cheap to fix.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Describe failure modes of tailings facilities
  • Map operations against GISTM requirements
  • Set up a dam safety monitoring programme
  • Interpret instrumentation and trigger levels
  • Manage deposition and water balance
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Explain tailings facility types and behaviour
  • Apply GISTM requirements
  • Implement dam safety governance
  • Establish operational monitoring regimes
  • Manage tailings deposition and water
Course content

Modules

01

Tailings fundamentals

Facility types, construction methods, and failure mechanisms.

02

GISTM and governance

The global standard, accountability, and dam safety governance.

03

Dam safety

Design intent, surveillance, and managing critical controls.

04

Operational monitoring

Instrumentation, trigger action response plans, and interpretation.

05

Deposition and water

Managing deposition, freeboard, and the site water balance.

06

Emergency preparedness

Response planning for tailings incidents and dam breaches.

Who it is for

Target audience

Tailings and geotechnical engineers, environmental staff, and operations managers responsible for tailings facilities.

Before you start

Prerequisites

Tailings, geotechnical, environmental or mine engineering responsibility.

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