Category: Transfers
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Everything you need to know about the WVTCC Simulated Mine Lab
Give your team a unique hands-on training experience at the West Virginia Training and Conference Center’s (WVTCC) Simulated Mine Lab. The lab provides a variety of “what-if?” scenarios to help mine rescue emergency response teams, trainers, and rescue services train for emergencies. In this interactive lab, miners can explore and solve various problems they may…
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2021 Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Contest showcases student mining skills at the West Virginia Training and Conference Center
In early November, the West Virginia Training and Conference Center (WVTCC) hosted the SME – Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue National Competition for the first time. During the event, teams of students from universities in the tri-state area, University of Kentucky, West Virginia University and Virginia Tech, met at the facility in Boone County to determine…
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Everything you need to know about the West Virginia Training and Conference Center
When you need a sleek setting to host your banquet, spacious rooms to seat your conference presenters and attendees, an industrial modern venue with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and support staff, specially equipped labs that support up to 480 volts of electrical power for electrical training, and an underground simulated mine lab, you can find it…
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West Virginia Training and Conference Center to host Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Contest for the first time
JULIAN, WV — College teams will compete in mine rescue scenarios during the Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Contest 2021. The regional competition takes place Saturday, Nov. 6, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the West Virginia Training and Conference Center (WVTCC), 431 Running Right Way, Julian, in Boone County. This will mark the first time that the Eastern Collegiate…