Underground Mining
Competent A: Examination & Declaring Safe of a Workplace — Underground Hard Rock
The Competent A skills programme for examining and declaring safe an underground hard rock workplace.
Overview
The Fall-of-Ground regulations require a competent person to examine and make safe a workplace. This skills programme establishes that competence for underground hard rock operations.
Learners are trained on the knowledge component, complete a logbook of supervised shifts and are assessed on the job by a registered assessor.
Competencies & outcomes
- Examine an underground hard rock workplace for rock-related and other hazards
- Make safe and declare the workplace safe
- Bar down and remove loose rock using correct technique and equipment
- Record and report conditions and remedial action taken
Entry requirements
- Employed underground in a hard rock operation
- Valid certificate of medical fitness for underground work
- Able to communicate orally and in writing
- Required supervised shifts recorded in the issued logbook
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