Education and training

At Rio Tinto, we have effective and comprehensive leadership and professional development to support our business objectives.

We offer leadership development programmes for graduates through to managing directors. We provide technical and functional development programmes for employees in functional and operational roles.

All of our people development activities are based on an analysis of the skills required for each role.

During our annual development planning process, employees discuss their needs with their leaders, and prepare a learning and development plan for the year. The plan may include formal programmes, on-the-job learning, coaching and mentoring, unstructured learning, special projects and secondments.

We combine face-to-face learning with e-learning and online tools to personalise and enhance our employees' learning experience.