Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare to establish and maintain underground mining ground control and stable mining systems
- Access, interpret and apply underground mining ground control and stable mining 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, collect, access and interpret mine survey data
- Identify and record the necessary resources required to create and maintain a stable mining structure
- Identify, access and interpret mine survey data and historical information
- Identify, assess and record all possible mining structure failure modes relevant to the mine site
- Establish the criteria for establishing the quantitative stability of mining structures
- Identify and evaluate geological and geotechnical information
- Access, identify, interpret and evaluate exploration techniques
- Access, identify, interpret and evaluate geological structures
- Access, identify, interpret and evaluate hydrogeological features
- Identify, interpret and evaluate hanging wall, foot wall, ore body characteristics and physical properties
- Identify, interpret and evaluate stress regimes
- Identify and evaluate mining engineering principles and practices
- Investigate, identify, interpret and evaluate types of mining system and methods
- Identify and assess layouts for stable mining structures from engineering analysis
- Identify, interpret and evaluate mining constraints impacting on the development of a stable mining structure
- Identify, interpret and evaluate equipment requirements
- Identify and evaluate control options
- Investigate, identify, interpret and evaluate ground support systems
- Identify, interpret and evaluate ground support installation, monitoring and assessment systems
- Identify, interpret and evaluate causes and impacts of failure mechanisms
- Identify, interpret and evaluate natural and induced stress control methods
- Establish ground control and stable mining systems
- Design and establish exploration programs identifying geological features and characteristics impacting on mining operations
- Investigate and design safe access and egress systems Design and establish mining systems
- Design and establish sequences for mining operations
- Design and establish system specifications and documentation
- Establish a program, including systems and procedures to satisfy identified training requirements
- Establish emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify, confirm, establish and implement safe operating procedures
- Audit and review the effectiveness of ground control and stable mining systems
- Audit stable structure standards
- Audit mine survey data
- Audit monitoring systems
- Audit recording systems
- Audit system maintenance program and procedures
- Audit emergency procedures and plans
- Audit the stable mining structure training program for currency and relevance
- Audit emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify and assess future site mining requirements and standards and incorporate into the planning procedures
- Establish procedures for response to non-compliance or other discrepancies/deficiencies revealed by audit
- Plan and prepare to establish and maintain underground mining ground control and stable mining systems
- Access, interpret and apply underground mining ground control and stable mining 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, collect, access and interpret mine survey data
- Identify and record the necessary resources required to create and maintain a stable mining structure
- Identify, access and interpret mine survey data and historical information
- Identify, assess and record all possible mining structure failure modes relevant to the mine site
- Establish the criteria for establishing the quantitative stability of mining structures
- Identify and evaluate geological and geotechnical information
- Access, identify, interpret and evaluate exploration techniques
- Access, identify, interpret and evaluate geological structures
- Access, identify, interpret and evaluate hydrogeological features
- Identify, interpret and evaluate hanging wall, foot wall, ore body characteristics and physical properties
- Identify, interpret and evaluate stress regimes
- Identify and evaluate mining engineering principles and practices
- Investigate, identify, interpret and evaluate types of mining system and methods
- Identify and assess layouts for stable mining structures from engineering analysis
- Identify, interpret and evaluate mining constraints impacting on the development of a stable mining structure
- Identify, interpret and evaluate equipment requirements
- Identify and evaluate control options
- Investigate, identify, interpret and evaluate ground support systems
- Identify, interpret and evaluate ground support installation, monitoring and assessment systems
- Identify, interpret and evaluate causes and impacts of failure mechanisms
- Identify, interpret and evaluate natural and induced stress control methods
- Establish ground control and stable mining systems
- Design and establish exploration programs identifying geological features and characteristics impacting on mining operations
- Investigate and design safe access and egress systems Design and establish mining systems
- Design and establish sequences for mining operations
- Design and establish system specifications and documentation
- Establish a program, including systems and procedures to satisfy identified training requirements
- Establish emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify, confirm, establish and implement safe operating procedures
- Audit and review the effectiveness of ground control and stable mining systems
- Audit stable structure standards
- Audit mine survey data
- Audit monitoring systems
- Audit recording systems
- Audit system maintenance program and procedures
- Audit emergency procedures and plans
- Audit the stable mining structure training program for currency and relevance
- Audit emergency response and evacuation plans and procedures
- Identify and assess future site mining requirements and standards and incorporate into the planning procedures
- Establish procedures for response to non-compliance or other discrepancies/deficiencies revealed by audit