Specific skills are required to achieve the Performance Criteria of this unit, particularly for its application in the various circumstances in which this unit may be used. This includes the ability to carry out the following, as required to establish and maintain the mining method and strata management systems: apply legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures for establishing and maintaining the mining method and strata management systems access, interpret and apply technical information access, interpret and apply mine survey information access and analyse historical strata information related to the mine and failure mode of mine structures interpret and apply mathematical and scientific theorems/laws related to mining structures perform mathematical calculations interpret and apply design criteria for mining structures systems and devices collect, collate and interpret mining structures data prepare technical procedures relating to mining structures conduct enquiries/investigations and prepare reports communicate effectively in the workplace access data from monitoring systems and equipment operate hand held monitoring equipment analyse and report on training needs apply risk management processes and techniques |
Specific knowledge is required to achieve the Performance Criteria of this unit, particularly for its application in the various circumstances in which this unit may be used. This includes knowledge of the following, as required to establish and maintain the mining method and strata management systems: legislative and legislative requirements for mining structures, including mine plans, ventilation, gas monitoring, strata support and safety management plans mine planning and design the systems of mining, including tunnels, drifts, stone drivage, shift sinking, pillar extraction, partial extraction, punch mining, longwall mining (including installation and recovery), the use of breaker line supports and faults drivage stress analysis, including mining induced stress, vertical and horizontal stress tectonics sedimentology, including subsidence, water bearing strata, permeability of seam and strata, hydrology, physical property testing, caving characteristics, windblast, outblast, gas content and over and underlying strata systems of work, including bord and pillar, place changing, longwall, highwall, auger mining, pillar extraction, partial extraction, the use of breaker line supports and punch mining mining structure failure modes exploration techniques geology, lithology and strata gas characteristics mining and general engineering principles relevant to the behaviour of excavations in rock ground support systems audit methodologies pillar design criteria pillar stress/strain/strength/ratios width/height ratios roof support design criteria Mohr's Circle Young's Modules Poisson's Ratio stress distribution diagrams factors of safety mine surveying mining of coal deposits |