
Mitrais accepts students
annually from the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) and the Institut
Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) for two months on-the-job IT training
during the regular semester breaks in December and July.
Mitrais also welcomes study
excursions in which a Mitrais project manager shares extensive knowledge
with students.
Since 2002 Mitrais has also
hosted comparative study programs involving participants from the
International Training Course on Information Technology Education
Methodology (ITC) in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), a Japanese government technical cooperation agency and the
Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya (EEPIS). The
participants of these training courses come from different countries in Asia
and Africa.

Minescape, an integrated
software solution for open cut and underground mining operations for both
coal and mineral deposits, has been at the foundation of a number of
co-operative programs with leading Indonesian universities specialising in
mining.
Minescape is developed by
Mincom. Mitrais is the agent for Minescape in Indonesia.
The software has been
installed pro-bono at three universities: Institute of Technology Bandung
(ITB), Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) and Pembangunan Nasional University
(UPN Veteran) in Yogyakarta.
Minescape consists of a
number of modules including: Minescape Core, Stratmodel, Open Cut Planning,
Haulage Road, Geological Database, Underground Ground, Schedule, Drill and
Blast, Block Model and Survey.
In 2000, ITB and Mitrais
signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide students from the
Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Technology with skills in
computer-generated geological modelling and mine planning. The students
undergo hands-on training in general Minescape, Stratmodel and Quality,
Block modelling, Reserve Calculation and Open Cut Planning. The program
began in 2000.
A MOU was signed in 2004 with
UNPAD to provide students from the Geology Department, the Mathematics and
Natural Sciences Faculty with mine-ready skills in computer-generated
geological modelling and reserve calculation. The students undergo hands-on
training in General Minescape, stratigraphy modelling and reserve
computation. This program began in 2005.
At UPN Veteran, the Minescape
software was installed in 2001.
Minescape clients in
Indonesia number more than 40 organisations, including mining companies,
contractors and service companies.