With considerations of occupational health and safety becoming increasingly critical across the sectors in a transforming Guyana socio-economic environment, Global People’s Services & Management Consultants Inc (GPSM) will be delivering an eight-day Emergency Response Training Programme for employees of Aurora Gold Mines Ltd. from March 23-31, 2022.
Managing Director of GPSM Peter Benny told the Stabroek Business earlier this week that the training exercise, which will involve forty Aurora Gold Mines employees will focus on underground and open pit mining activities and that the training will focus on the creation of “highly specialised emergency response teams” that can deliver a high level of “first response capability” at mine sites, when the need arises. “We are responding to what we perceive to be a critical need in an environment where the operations of some of the more important economic sectors in the country are underpinned by risk-related considerations that speak to the importance of workers being able not just to respond to safety and health considerations, but also to recognise safety-related anomalies in the workplace environment and to vigorously advocate for corrective measures. In an environment such as ours it is also important that we pay particular attention to ensuring that vital workplace safety infrastructure are functioning effectively and that they are in a position to provide optimum responses in circumstances where that need arises,” Benny said.