WEEKDAY CLASS:
NOTE: Due to an apparent lack of interest in attending, there is an insufficient number of applicants to make it feasible to have any future classes.
I have been conducting this training monthly for the past 8 years, but due to lack of interest, it is now time to terminate any future training. I want to thank all of those who have attended my classes over the past 8 years.
COST: $175.00*
*Veterans who have served in Iraq, Kuwait or Afghanistan receive a 50% discount. Proof of serving in those areas is required (DD-214).
All other honorably discharged veterans receive a $25.00 discount.
(DD-214 is required)
Persons interested in the new, inexperienced miner training can email me at tdshu176@windstream.net or call me at 724-377-0632.
Listed below are the subjects of instruction: Miners' Rights and Responsibilities; Self-rescue and respiratory devices (includes instruction &demonstration in the use, care & maintenance of said devices; donning of the self-rescue devices, activating the device ; mouthpiece insertion; transferring between devices); Entering & leaving the mine, transportation and communications; Mine map, escapeways, emergency evacuation & barricading; Roof control & ventilation plans; Health (dust & noise); Clean-up &
rockdusting; Hazard recognition; Electrical hazards; First Aid; Mine gases; Health & safety aspects of tasks assigned; and HAZCOM.
Following completion of the course, each aspiring miner will receive a certificate along with the Department of Labor training certificate indicating completion of the required course.
During the training, each miner will be instructed in the proper safety equipment required for miners.
Acceptance into the class is based on a "first come - first served" at the time of registration.
Photos show aspiring miners receiving trainingduring a 32-hour classroom training class.
Students review map of underground mine.
Aspiring miners examine safety equipment.
Students examine an anemometer
(used for measuring air velocity)
Is this Mine Training open to people not from PA?
ReplyDeleteThis is a federal program, open to anyone in any state, however, be advised that while 40 hrs. training is required in most states, West Virginia requires 80 hrs.
ReplyDeleteThis mining training course seems to give an edge professionals.A lot of things seem to be covered but will this have an international appeal? I mean to say if this competitive enough with the rest of the world?
ReplyDeleteFirst, let me say I appreciate your comments. This training is a requirement under Title 30 Code of Federal Regulations. It is intended to prepare aspiring miners of what to expect in an underground coal mine and to teach what to do and what not to do. As far as internationally, I do understand that coal mines in many other countries to not have the same safety precautions as here in the U.S. Perhaps if training such as that required under Title 30 Part 48 is required internationally, many accidents will be eliminated.
DeleteThanks again for your comments.
I think its fantastic that people still work in the mines, I think it is such an interesting job to be able to do"
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