Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare to establish and maintain surface mining ground control and slope stability systems
- Access, interpret and apply surface mining ground control and slope stability systems documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Identify, access and interpret mine survey data and historical information
- Identify the necessary resources to assess ground control and slope stability issues
- Review actual and predicted ground control and slope stability performance in the mine
- Identify the criteria for establishing ground control and slope stability to acceptable performance levels
- Identify and evaluate geological and geotechnical information
- Identify, interpret and confirm all relevant geological, geotechnical, hydrogeological data
- Coordinate further exploration, monitoring, sampling or testing to assist assessment of ground control and slope stability issues
- Identify and assess potential ground movement and slope instability situations
- Identify and evaluate overburden and inter-seam characteristics and physical properties
- Identify, confirm and evaluate stress regimes, blast vibration and seismic activity
- Identify and evaluate mining engineering methods
- Evaluate the impact of mining system types and methods on ground control and slope stability
- Identify and assess layouts to improve ground control and slope stability from engineering analysis
- Identify and evaluate mining constraints impacting on the development of ground control and slope stability options
- Identify and evaluate equipment requirements
- Identify and evaluate control options
- Identify water control methods to improve ground control or slope stability
- Identify, evaluate and clarify ground support systems or methods of mining to provide appropriate ground control and slope stability
- Identify and evaluate ground support installation, monitoring and assessment systems
- Identify and evaluate management controls for unacceptable ground movement or slope instability
- Establish the ground control and slope stability system
- Establish exploration programs identifying geological features and characteristics impacting on ground control and slope stability
- Investigate, confirm and establish safe access and egress methods
- Establish systems and sequences of safe mining
- Establish monitoring systems of ground movement and slope instability to warn, control operations and record events
- Prepare and implement training plans and programs
- Investigate, confirm and establish emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify, confirm, establish and implement safe operating procedures
- Audit and review the effectiveness of the system
- Monitor ground movement and slope stability measurements against defined acceptable standards
- Audit emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify, assess and incorporate future site mining requirements into the planning procedures to maintain appropriate standard of the ground control and slope stability systems
- Establish procedures for response to instances of non-compliance or other discrepancies/deficiencies revealed by audit
- Regularly review performance of the ground control and slope stability system
- Plan and prepare to establish and maintain surface mining ground control and slope stability systems
- Access, interpret and apply surface mining ground control and slope stability systems documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Identify, access and interpret mine survey data and historical information
- Identify the necessary resources to assess ground control and slope stability issues
- Review actual and predicted ground control and slope stability performance in the mine
- Identify the criteria for establishing ground control and slope stability to acceptable performance levels
- Identify and evaluate geological and geotechnical information
- Identify, interpret and confirm all relevant geological, geotechnical, hydrogeological data
- Coordinate further exploration, monitoring, sampling or testing to assist assessment of ground control and slope stability issues
- Identify and assess potential ground movement and slope instability situations
- Identify and evaluate overburden and inter-seam characteristics and physical properties
- Identify, confirm and evaluate stress regimes, blast vibration and seismic activity
- Identify and evaluate mining engineering methods
- Evaluate the impact of mining system types and methods on ground control and slope stability
- Identify and assess layouts to improve ground control and slope stability from engineering analysis
- Identify and evaluate mining constraints impacting on the development of ground control and slope stability options
- Identify and evaluate equipment requirements
- Identify and evaluate control options
- Identify water control methods to improve ground control or slope stability
- Identify, evaluate and clarify ground support systems or methods of mining to provide appropriate ground control and slope stability
- Identify and evaluate ground support installation, monitoring and assessment systems
- Identify and evaluate management controls for unacceptable ground movement or slope instability
- Establish the ground control and slope stability system
- Establish exploration programs identifying geological features and characteristics impacting on ground control and slope stability
- Investigate, confirm and establish safe access and egress methods
- Establish systems and sequences of safe mining
- Establish monitoring systems of ground movement and slope instability to warn, control operations and record events
- Prepare and implement training plans and programs
- Investigate, confirm and establish emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify, confirm, establish and implement safe operating procedures
- Audit and review the effectiveness of the system
- Monitor ground movement and slope stability measurements against defined acceptable standards
- Audit emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify, assess and incorporate future site mining requirements into the planning procedures to maintain appropriate standard of the ground control and slope stability systems
- Establish procedures for response to instances of non-compliance or other discrepancies/deficiencies revealed by audit
- Regularly review performance of the ground control and slope stability system