Institute of Quarrying reviews

4.6 (176 reviews)
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Knowledgeable, supportive tutors are a consistent strength, with attendees praising clear explanations, real-world examples and helpful guidance throughout their learning. They find the training informative, well structured and often practical, with site visits and face-to-face sessions helping connect theory to workplace responsibilities. Flexible online study suits people in full-time roles, while responsive staff provide strong assessment and technical support. Some feel the online material is text-heavy and would benefit from more interactive content, but learners broadly apply the knowledge confidently at work.

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Excellent on line course, it did improve my understanding

David B · 22 Jul 2026
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Good Course, good pacing

Shaun B · 21 Jul 2026
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Very enjoyable course that boasted my knowledge to enable me to conduct my daily job to a higher standard. Tom Felix was a supportive and knowledgeable instructor / assessor.

Samuel H · 10 Jul 2026
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The course has been excellent for me, written in a way that can be easily understood, has covered everything I need to know as a Minerals Planner and has helped me in my day to day job enormously. Although I've had some internal training within the team and have been shadowing various Officers there is so much to learn, and my Manager and colleagues are very busy in their daily roles, so this has been a huge help to me in learning the job. The only negative if I was to find one is that it has been quite heavygoing, with a lot of reading in each unit, although everything I've read has been really interesting so I'm not quite sure how that can be improved/ condensed! Now that I've completed the course and read everything, I would like to download all the units to a series of PDFs so that I can retain for future reference but I'm not sure whether that can be done easily?...

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Sian W · 05 Jul 2026
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Over all good content and not just industry based.

Joseph M · 16 Jun 2026
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Very good

Conor M · 16 Jun 2026
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Good job

Daryl E · 16 Jun 2026
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Great course very informative 😎

Neil T · 16 Jun 2026
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A lot of interesting details

Oliver C · 16 Jun 2026
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As a qualified planner (district matters) for nearly 30 years many aspects were already known. However, it is recognised that most people will not have that knowledge. Some of the planning material was a little out of date, but it is understood that this course is being revised for the next intake. Notwithstanding this, the level of information and how it was presented was well done. It was of good 'bite sized' chunks which has enabled gradual reading and learning. The headings will enable reference back to clarify matters if and when it is necessary. The foundation of minerals planning and operations in such a way has been well done.

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Lisa H · 07 May 2026
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