Our training courses are designed for all levels of mining professionals, from Geologists and Engineers through to Technical and Project Managers. Whether you’re an experienced user or just starting out in your career, the training enables you to develop skills to save you time and money and get the most out of your applications.
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Why Train with Acala?
- Certified ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015
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- Industry-experienced instructors
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- Instructors are certified by Dassault Systèmes
- Customizable programs
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Training Solutions That Fit Your Needs
Discover flexible, expert-led training programs including 1-on-1 coaching, face-to-face sessions, online courses, classroom learning, and onsite corporate training. Gain practical skills tailored to your goals.
Surpac Foundation Training
Learning about the foundation of Surpac
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Install and license Surpac
- Understand the fundamental concepts of the software
- Customize the interface to user preferences
- Use the available visualization and CAD tools to import, create, edit and display data
- Create points, lines, surfaces and solids
- Use data mathematical manipulation tools
- Interact with surfaces
DESCRIPTION
The GEOVIA Surpac Introduction course is a course designed for all new users of Surpaç, and for those wishing to refresh their knowledge. It covers concepts and procedures that will allow the user to perform basic functions in the software and will serve as a basis for good working methodology and processes in Surpac.
Surpac Geology Tools Training
Learning how to use Surpac geology tools
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will:
- Understand data types and concepts involved in geological modelling tasks
- Create and manage geological drillhole databases
- Import, analyze and report information from geological drillhole databases
- Display and interact with drillhole databases
- Perform simple grade calculations from polygons
- Surface contour using gridding
- Basic data analysis
- Create composites
- Interpret data on section to model effectively
- Create, validate, edit and manipulate solids
- Create, import/export, populate and report block models
- Basic resource estimation
DESCRIPTION
The GEOVIA Surpac Geology Tools course is a course designed for exists users of Surpac. It focuses on geological concepts and processes within the software. The course provides users with an understanding of modeling methods that can be applied by geologists in their everyday work.
Surpac Resource Estimate & Geostatistics Training
Learning about resource estimation techniques with Surpac
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Understand importance of geology and domaining
- Appreciate volume-variance effect
- Advanced data validation and analysis techniques
- Comprehension of variography
- Understanding of different methods of estimation, including inverse distance and the various applications of kriging
- Model validation and practical resource classification techniques
DESCRIPTION
The GEOVIA Surpac Resource Estimation and Geostatistics Course is designed for resource geologists who want to become familiar with resource estimation and classification techniques. The course covers drillhole database management, compositing, geostatistical analysis, variography, block modeling, and estimation methods (nearest neighbor, inverse distance, kriging, and indicator kriging). This course will also explore different methods of categorizing and reporting resources.
Surpac Surface Engineering Tools Training
Learning how to use Surpac Surface Engineering Tools
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Use the suite of CAD and automatic design tools to create complex pit, waste dump, dam, and ramp designs
- Apply spatial, economic, and geological constraints into the design process
- Create advanced in-situ mineral reserve reports Produce fully engineered surface road designs
- Design and report comprehensive production and ramp development blast hole layouts including pre-split or smooth blasting holes
- Produce detailed bench cut and blast layout plans
- Automate repetitive tasks to increase efficiency
DESCRIPTION
The GEOVIA Surpact Surface Engineering Tools course is designed for mining engineers who want to further develop their Surpac skills to complete design tasks in a surface mining environment. This course focuses on applying Surpac CAD and automatic design tools to complete demanding design and reporting tasks in an efficient way.
Surpac Underground Engineering Tools Training
Learning how to use Surpac Underground Engineering Tools
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Underground mine design of ramps, shafts, access drives, and related development
- Block model viewing, applying constraints, and reporting
- Stope design and planning
- Underground drill (ring) design and charging
- Stope reconciliations and planning adjustments based on as-built information
- Creation, repair, and validation of solids
- Designing in 3D and 2D sections
- Increased CAD design proficiency
- Plotting (autoplot and file based)
DESCRIPTION
In this course we'll focus on applying Surpac CAD and automatic design tools to complete demanding design and reporting tasks in an underground mining environment. You'll learn how to efficiently complete design tasks and create detailed reports that will help you make informed decisions. It's a chance to expand your knowledge, improve your skills, and discover new ways to use Surpac to enhance your mining engineering work.
Surpac Drill and Blast Training
Learning about Surpac Drill and Blast
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Understand drill and blast design concepts
- Design simple blast patterns
- Create designs based on rock mass classifications
- Load blast holes and tie in a firing sequence
- Create blast boundaries and blast solid
- Create pre-split holes along lines and surfaces
- Create blast hole drilling and loading reports
DESCRIPTION
The SURPAC Drill and Blast Design course is a one-day session designed for experienced users of SURPAC with an interest to follow a blast design from start to finish. It is not intended to be exhaustive in scope; however, it will demonstrate the workflow required to achieve a result.
Surpac Advanced Macros Training
GEOVIA Surpac Advanced Macros Training Catalog
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Use literature and guide of TCL and SCL for future tasks
- Get acquainted with the code editors for creating macros
- Use extensions commands TCL & SCL
- Use GUIDO forms
- Create files reports (formats txt, str, csv, xlsx)
- Use additional package
- Can automate the process using TCL & SCL scripts
- Debugging & Compiling
- TCL Extensions: TWAPI, TCLODBC
- Interacting with databases
- SQL statements
DESCRIPTION
The SURPAC Drill and Blast Design course is a one-day session designed for experienced users of SURPAC with an interest to follow a blast design from start to finish. It is not intended to be exhaustive in scope; however, it will demonstrate the workflow required to achieve a result.
Surface Survey Tools Training
Learning how to use surface survey tools with Surpac
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Create Surfaces
- Create simple plots
- Validate Surfaces
- Intersecting Surfaces
- Volume calculations
- Importing Point Cloud Data for Surface creation
- Survey plotting of title Blocks
The GEOVIA Surpac Surface Survey course is a five-day course designed for beginners and existing users of Surpac. It focuses on Survey concepts and processes within the software. The course provides users with an understanding of modeling methods that can be applied by Surveyors in their everyday work.
Surpac Underground Surveying Tools Training
Learning about how to use Surpac Underground Surveying Tools
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Understand importance of geology and domaining
- Appreciate volume-variance effect
- Advanced data validation and analysis techniques
- Comprehension of variography
- Understanding of different methods of estimation, including inverse distance and the various applications of kriging
- Model validation and practical resource classification techniques
The GEOVIA Surpac Underground Survey course is a four-day course designed for beginners and existing users of Surpac. It focuses on Survey concepts and processes within the software. The course provides users with an understanding of modeling methods that can be applied by Surveyors in their everyday work.
Surpac Stope Shape Optimizer Training
Learning about how to use Surpac Stope Shape Optimizer
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Understand the optimization techniques used in Stope Shape Optimizer
- Create stope shapes for various underground mining methods using a block model
- Review SSO inputs and outputs to ensure their accuracy in optimization
- Interpret and utilize the information generated by the Stope Optimizer, including 3D solids, section strings, and reports, for strategic and tactical mine planning
In this workshop-style course, we'll focus on Stope optimization is critical for mine planning and design, significantly impacting a mine's profitability. GEOVIA Stope Optimizer is a powerful tool that optimizes the layout of stopes to identify the most profitable areas within a resource model while minimizing infrastructure costs. It generates stope designs for a variety of underground mining methods, and the stopes can be directly imported into GEOVIA MineSched for underground scheduling.
Whittle Strategic Mine Planning Foundations Training
Learning the foundations of strategic mine planning with Whittle
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Understand the main principles of pit optimization and strategic mine planning
- Import block model files and produce optimized pit shells
- Produce basic life of mine (LOM) schedules using manual and automatic scheduling tools
- Apply spatial and economic constraints to evaluate alternative what-if scenarios
The GEOVIA Whittle Foundation Course is designed for new users of Whittle to learn practical applications. It provides a basic understanding of pit optimization and strategic mine planning principles using Whittle.
Whittle Strategic Mine Planning Advanced Training
Learning advanced strategic mine planning with Whittle
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Create realistic schedules honoring practical mining constraints and limits
- Improve the value of mining projects through strategic scheduling
- Use Whittle to determine when and where it is best to transition from an open pit to an underground mine
- Use Mineral Resource classification and/or NSR attributes
- Define cut-off grade and stockpile strategies to enhance the value of the project
- Reduce the effects of deleterious elements on processing using pre-process blending
- Use blending techniques to reduce the amount of sub-grade ore that is not processed
The GEOVIA Whittle Advanced Strategic Planning Course is designed for experienced users of Whittle who want to take their knowledge to the next level. The course will focus on the advanced scheduling techniques available in Whittle that can add further value to your project. It features hands-on training using the software to solve real-world mine planning problems.
MineSched Surface Mine Scheduling Training
Learning surface mine scheduling with MineSched
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Comprehend the fundamental concepts of MineSched
- Define a suitable file management structure for MineSched schedules
- Prepare, check and validate input data
- Setup and run a basic surface mine schedule
- Define and manipulate material movement streams
- Set quality targets and material ratios
- Use the animation and reporting tools to validate schedules
- Output schedule results
The GEOVIA MineSched Surface Mine Scheduling is a five-day course specifically designed for surface mine planners who are new users of MineSched. The course provides an understanding of how MineSched works and the concepts that drive the software. During the course, students will learn to set up basic tactical schedules for surface mining operations as well as how to modify and refine them.
MineSched Underground Scheduling Training
Learning underground scheduling with MineSched
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, users will: 
- Comprehend the fundamental concepts of MineSched
- Define a suitable file management structure for MineSched schedules
- Prepare, check, and validate input data
- Setup and run a basic underground mine schedule
- Define and manipulate material movement streams
- Set quality targets and material ratios
- Use the animation and presentation tools to validate schedules
- Output schedule results
The GEOVIA MineSched Underground Mine Scheduling course is a three-day course specifically designed for underground mine planners who are new users of MineSched. The course provides an understanding of how MineSched works and the concepts that drive the software. During the course, students will learn to create basic tactical underground mine operation schedules as well as to modify and refine them.
