This qualification reflects the role of employees such as production operators in an underground coal mine, who perform tasks involving a broad range of skilled applications in a varied work context, using some discretion and judgement in selecting equipment, services or contingency measures.
Requirements for completion of the qualification
The following table provides the packaging rules for this qualification, followed by the list of relevant units of competency.
Successful completion of sixteen (16) units of competency made up of:
six (6) Core units, and
ten (10) elective units of which:
at least five (5) must come from the Group A electives listed below
up to five (5) from the Group B electives listed below
up to one (1) unit may come from AQF level II, III or IV from this, or any other, Training Package.
Units of competency chosen must be relevant to the competency requirements for the job function.
Care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisites specified within imported units, or units chosen as electives, are complied with.
Core units of competency | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Communicate workplace information | |
Conduct fire team operations | |
Comply with site work processes/procedures | |
Conduct basic strata control operations | |
Conduct face ventilation operations | |
Apply risk management processes | |
Group A electives | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Conduct roadway maintenance | |
Conduct specialised strata control operations | |
Construct and maintain ventilation devices | |
Conduct continuous miner operations | |
Conduct shuttle car operations | |
Conduct outburst mining operations | |
Conduct shearer operations | |
Conduct longwall face equipment operations | |
Install and recover longwall equipment | |
Operate breaker line supports | |
Conduct flexible conveyor train (FCT) operations | |
Monitor control processes | |
Conduct special roadway operations | |
Apply spontaneous combustion management measures | |
Conduct air drilling | |
Conduct surface directional drilling | |
Group B electives | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Conduct shotfiring operations in underground coal mines | |
Communicate information | |
Conduct atmospheric monitoring | |
Escape from hazardous situation unaided | |
Provide aided rescue to endangered personnel | |
Apply initial response first aid | |
Respond to mine incident | |
Respond to local emergencies and incidents | |
Operate in self-contained regenerative oxygen breathing apparatus | |
Control emergencies and critical situations | |
Control underground fires | |
Conduct underground search | |
Extricate casualties from underground incident | |
Extricate and transport people involved in incidents | |
Establish and operate from fresh air base | |
Provide support for rescue operations | |
Conduct slewing crane operations | |
Conduct safety and health investigations | |
Provide deck support for conveyor-car high wall mining operations | |
Conduct conveyor-car high wall mining operations | |
Install, commission and maintain major conveyor equipment and systems | |
Repair and splice conveyor belting | |
Maintain winder equipment | |
Inspect and maintain shafts and structures | |
Monitor, inspect and service ropes and attachments | |
Respond to a workforce incident | |
Conduct skip operations | |
Operate automated winder | |
Operate manual winder | |
Conduct cage operations | |
Operate winder for shaft sinking | |
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
The following table includes a summary of the employability skills as identified by the resources and infrastructure industry for this qualification. The table should be interpreted in conjunction with the detailed requirements of each unit of competency packaged in this qualification. The outcomes required here are broad industry requirements that may vary depending on packaging options. | |
Employability Skill | Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: |
Communication | speak clearly and directly listen carefully to instructions and information read and interpret work instructions and safety signs calculate basic weights, distances and volumes complete incident and maintenance reports adjust communication style to meet the needs of people with diverse backgrounds |
Teamwork | apply teamwork in a range of situations, particularly in a safety context contribute to the planning and execution of operations work cooperatively with people of different ages, gender, race, religion or political persuasion and people with disability recognise and respond sensitively to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds |
Problem-solving | adjust work methods in response to changing weather and site conditions participate in team solutions to safety issues identifies and comprehends relevant mathematical information in familiar activities or texts selects and uses appropriate familiar mathematical problem-solving strategies to solve problems in familiar contexts |
Initiative and enterprise | independently adapt to changing work conditions or different work areas identify potential improvements to working practice and conditions identify and assess risks in the workplace |
Planning and organising | manage time and priorities to complete work identify and obtain appropriate equipment and permits identify potential hazards and prepare appropriate responses follow procedures and techniques relevant to the equipment and work being done |
Self-management | take responsibility for planning and organising own work priorities and completing assigned tasks monitor own performance to ensure work will be completed well and on time understand the standard of work expected at a work site |
Learning | be willing to learn new ways of working seek information to improve performance from people and workplace documents like policies, procedures etc understand equipment characteristics, technical capabilities, limitations and procedures |
Technology | use technology to monitor and report on work progress use communications technology appropriate to the workplace (email, mobile, radio, etc) operate equipment safely |
