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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
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### sec.82 Training scheme
A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for a training scheme for the following persons—
coal mine workers and other persons at the mine;
operational ROC workers for the mine.
The scheme must provide for the following—
induction training for coal mine workers and other persons at the mine, and operational ROC workers for the mine;
refresher training for coal mine workers at the mine, and operational ROC workers for the mine;
establishing the workers’ training needs about the safe performance of the mine’s coal mining operations, including, for example, training needs about the mine’s standard operating procedures;
recognising a worker’s current competencies and prior learning in establishing the worker’s training needs;
establishing a training program to meet the training needs using the endorsed components of the resources and infrastructure industry training package that are relevant for training and assessing the coal mine workers at the mine, and the operational ROC workers for the mine;
appointing persons who are competent to give the training and assess the workers’ competencies;
keeping and auditing records of training and assessment given and undertaken;
designating tasks that may only be carried out by a worker who has been assessed as competent to carry out the tasks;
training workers elected to be safety and health representatives.
The training scheme must cover the following matters, to the extent the matters are relevant to the duties of the person undergoing the training—
the mine’s safety and health management system;
The safety and health management system includes obligations relating to critical control management—see section 62 (5) (e) and (6) of the Act .
operating mobile plant;
slinging and moving loads and using lifting devices;
manual handling;
the purpose of inspections and inspection reports;
the Act and this regulation.
In this section—
endorsed means endorsed by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee.
resources and infrastructure industry training package means the coal industry training package established by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee.
s 82 amd 2024 SL No. 167 s 15
(sec.82-ssec.1) A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for a training scheme for the following persons— coal mine workers and other persons at the mine; operational ROC workers for the mine.
(sec.82-ssec.2) The scheme must provide for the following— induction training for coal mine workers and other persons at the mine, and operational ROC workers for the mine; refresher training for coal mine workers at the mine, and operational ROC workers for the mine; establishing the workers’ training needs about the safe performance of the mine’s coal mining operations, including, for example, training needs about the mine’s standard operating procedures; recognising a worker’s current competencies and prior learning in establishing the worker’s training needs; establishing a training program to meet the training needs using the endorsed components of the resources and infrastructure industry training package that are relevant for training and assessing the coal mine workers at the mine, and the operational ROC workers for the mine; appointing persons who are competent to give the training and assess the workers’ competencies; keeping and auditing records of training and assessment given and undertaken; designating tasks that may only be carried out by a worker who has been assessed as competent to carry out the tasks; training workers elected to be safety and health representatives.
(sec.82-ssec.3) The training scheme must cover the following matters, to the extent the matters are relevant to the duties of the person undergoing the training— the mine’s safety and health management system; The safety and health management system includes obligations relating to critical control management—see section 62 (5) (e) and (6) of the Act . operating mobile plant; slinging and moving loads and using lifting devices; manual handling; the purpose of inspections and inspection reports; the Act and this regulation.
(sec.82-ssec.4) In this section— endorsed means endorsed by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee. resources and infrastructure industry training package means the coal industry training package established by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee.
- (a) coal mine workers and other persons at the mine;
- (b) operational ROC workers for the mine.
- (a) induction training for coal mine workers and other persons at the mine, and operational ROC workers for the mine;
- (b) refresher training for coal mine workers at the mine, and operational ROC workers for the mine;
- (c) establishing the workers’ training needs about the safe performance of the mine’s coal mining operations, including, for example, training needs about the mine’s standard operating procedures;
- (d) recognising a worker’s current competencies and prior learning in establishing the worker’s training needs;
- (e) establishing a training program to meet the training needs using the endorsed components of the resources and infrastructure industry training package that are relevant for training and assessing the coal mine workers at the mine, and the operational ROC workers for the mine;
- (f) appointing persons who are competent to give the training and assess the workers’ competencies;
- (g) keeping and auditing records of training and assessment given and undertaken;
- (h) designating tasks that may only be carried out by a worker who has been assessed as competent to carry out the tasks;
- (i) training workers elected to be safety and health representatives.
- (a) the mine’s safety and health management system; Note— The safety and health management system includes obligations relating to critical control management—see section 62 (5) (e) and (6) of the Act .
- (b) operating mobile plant;
- (c) slinging and moving loads and using lifting devices;
- (d) manual handling;
- (e) the purpose of inspections and inspection reports;
- (f) the Act and this regulation.