The
Human Resources Department of Oyutolgoi LLC is busy formulating ways to ensure
that Mongolians constitute 90 percent of the work force when production begins.
In September, 100 Mongolian nationals began a 10-month course at Erdenet
Technical Training School and another 43 started a diesel mechanic course with
Wagner Asia Mongolia at the Mongolian-Korean Technical College. Over the next
five years Oyutolgoi will invest USD58 million in training and education to
prepare the work force for the start of operations, and to support mining
operations throughout Mongolia in the future. The signs of this investment can
already be seen in the South Gobi capital Dalanzadgad, where the foundation for
a new professional training and vocational centre was laid in a ceremony in
August.

Five
vocational training schools in Ulaanbaatar will have their facilities and
curricula upgraded. A USD10-million program of scholarships is also being
developed, to support Mongolian students at Mongolian universities and
abroad.  Meanwhile at the Oyutolgoi site,
on-the-job training programs are helping inexperienced or underqualified
workers to improve their skill levels.

Of
the 5,758 workers now employed by Oyutolgoi, 3,741 or 63% are Mongolian
nationals, and 928 of them are from the South Gobi province.