ALROSA and CASE-IN: training specialists for the mining industry

ALROSA - one of the longest-standing and trusted partners of the Reliable Shift Foundation and its flagship project  International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" . For the fifth year, the largest diamond mining company has been opening up great opportunities for the personal and career development of young people by overseeing industry areas within the framework of an engineering competition and holding its own events.

ALROSA's activities are inextricably linked to the exploration, production and sale of diamonds. The ALROSA Group includes enterprises producing diamonds and jewelry. Today, the company produces in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Arkhangelsk region, and also has a representative office in several countries around the world.

It is difficult to imagine ALROSA's success without a human resource.  Today, the company pays special attention to both the comprehensive development of existing specialists and the education of the future generation of employees.

The group's enterprises implement numerous corporate professional development programs for more than 30,000 employees who can gain new knowledge, improve their skills and skills.  Eg, ALROSA Corporate University Created at the beginning of 2022 on the basis of the Personnel Training Center, it allows you to get a high-quality education and in-demand skills. Recently, not only current employees, but also those who are not yet affiliated with ALROSA, can become students of the university's educational programs. The university teaches working professions, conducts career guidance in schools, and develops programs focused on strategic business development. The geography of education is Mirny, Aikhal, Udachny, Lensk, Yakutsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Smolensk and Arkhangelsk.

The company also implements a number of corporate social programs for employees and their families, provides educational and professional development opportunities, free medical care, comfortable housing conditions and mortgage assistance, salaries above the national average, and non-governmental pensions.

ALROSA considers the CASE-IN Championship as an effective platform for assessing the potential of current and future specialists.

"The championship is a chance to evaluate future ALROSA employees not just with tests, but with real–world practice in a unique industry – domestic diamond mining., - according to the head of the Department of personnel selection and development of ALROSA Natalia Petukhova. -  Talented guys, whose skills in solving complex practical problems are manifested through working on real ALROSA cases, not only earn points in our eyes, but also get the opportunity to evaluate their own strengths and become on a par with established professionals. At the moment, we are already cooperating within the framework of two seasons – the main and the autumn cups of the Championship. Following the results of the Championship, students come to us for practice: 36 students have already completed their internship at the company following the results of the main season."

ALROSA has traditionally been a partner of the "mining" CASE-IN directions. The leading specialists of the diamond mining company prepare case assignments for the participants of the Student League, and then evaluate the results of their work. The authors of the best developments receive an invitation to an internship with the possibility of further employment.

In the XI season, the future geologists They will develop a method for searching for kimberlite bodies using aerial photography.

Before mining engineers A new task has been set related to the Yubileyny quarry, which is already familiar to the participants of the "CASE-IN": it is necessary to offer advanced mining technologies that will ensure safe and uninterrupted operation of the quarry.

The direction launched a year earlier continues to develop "Mining machinery and equipment".

In the jubilee season, the students of the Kuzbass State Technical University branch in Prokopyevsk became the winners of the debut competition. Captain of Champions Anastasia Sokhoreva She said that the team had managed to solve a difficult production task: to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the processing plant's technological stationary equipment.

"We proposed to introduce new technologies to control such an important indicator of equipment elements as operating temperature. Various sensors and thermal imagers, as well as a self-learning neural network, will allow monitoring the temperature of equipment elements in real time, which reduces the risks of creating a critical situation, which may be followed by many hours of downtime.", - said the captain of the team.

The task of the participants of the Mining Machinery and Equipment direction in the new season is to develop measures that will reduce the maintenance time of self-propelled vehicles and increase the efficiency of repair personnel. All solutions should include the use of IT technologies.

Natalia Petukhova highly appreciates the students' work on the most difficult production tasks: "During the partnership with "CASE-IN" our company has managed to increase its credibility and recognition among the youth of the industry. Working on solutions to cases created based on the company's materials, students immerse themselves in the real production of ALROSA and in the most important strategic issues for us. In the jubilee year, we opened a new direction "Mining machinery and equipment", which allowed even more students from all over the country to prove themselves. We pay special attention to working with young people, and in this regard, we consider cooperation with the championship to be very promising."

The participants of the "CASE-IN" consider the company as a priority option for internships and career start. This is evidenced by the updated data from the survey of brands of the largest employers in Russia, which the organizing committee of the championship conducted in the X season. According to the results of the study, ALROSA topped the ranking of partner companies that are most attractive to young people as employers.

The diamond mining giant is actively integrating its existing employees into the CASE-IN championship. ALROSA youth teams take part in the League of Young Professionals, test their strength in competition with representatives of industry companies and look at everyday production processes from a different angle.

For example, in 2022, ALROSA employees Mikhail Golovchak, Artemy Isakov, Mikhail Barinov and Anastasia Cherepanova became the winners of the finalists of the Autumn Cup of the League of Young Professionals. Although the GEM team was not among the winners in the final, its participants are not discouraged: the guys declared themselves and realized what they are capable of both personally and in teamwork.

"At the championship, we were able to train the skills of quickly searching and analyzing a large amount of information, and also learned how to choose the most optimal solution. A significant part of the time was devoted to preparing the presentation and presentation, bringing all the information into a general "readable" form.", - experts told us.

The cooperation between ALROSA and the Reliable Change Foundation is not limited to the CASE-IN Championship.  For the second year in a row, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Ural State Mining University and Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University will host ALROSA open days.  The company's specialists tell future engineers about the specifics of production processes, answer their questions and help them create a competent resume. Thanks to the open days, ALROSA promotes its brand among young people and professionals and attracts talented students to the company.

To take advantage of ALROSA's tremendous personal and career growth opportunities and get closer to your dream of working for Russia's largest diamond mining company, you must register to participate in the XI season of the CASE-IN Championship on the project's website.

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