This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to establish and maintain mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems in Coal mining.

This unit is appropriate for those working in management or technical specialist roles.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant legislation, documentation, policies and procedures

implements procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient completion of the establishing and maintenance of mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems include :

accessing, interpreting and applying procedures for;

managing technical information

managing site/legislative requirements

establishing recording and reporting systems

conducting briefings and handover details

applying the principles of mine design

hazard identification and risk management

work planning and coordination

training needs analysis

using manufacturers’ instructions

demonstrates the identification and selection of viable options for the establishment and maintenance of mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems that best meet the required outcomes through:

identifying design/selection options from an analysis of all relevant information

selecting the preferred plant, equipment and services options on the basis of performance against specification requirements

works effectively with others to establish and maintain mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems include :

managing people and processes

resolving conflict

coordinating human, financial and physical resources

developing, initiating and administering work plans

interpreting and applying operational performance data

engaging internal and external stakeholders

demonstrates completion of establishment and maintenance of mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

identification of the relevant information and scope of the work

identifying the full range of specification requirements

identifying all aspects of the mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems

establishing the audit and review system

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in establishing and maintaining mine mechanical plant, services and infrastructure systems through:

legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures for;

mine plant, services and infrastructure

risk management

statutory/legal control

conducting surveying

titles management

organisational change and development

project management

emergency response and disaster planning

audit review

mine plant, services and infrastructure operations

mine design relating to mine plant, services and infrastructure

energy sources, including protection and reticulation systems for electrical, hydraulic, compressed air, diesel

computer based systems related to the monitoring and operation of mine plant, services and infrastructure

firefighting systems

safety design features for maintenance of mine plant, services and infrastructure

stores systems

specifications for fixed plant and infrastructure

An assessor of this unit must satisfy the requirements of the NVR/AQTF or their successors; and Industry regulations for certification and licensing; and,

this unit must be assessed in the context of this sector’s work environment; and,

this unit must be assessed in compliance with relevant legislation/regulation and using policies, procedures, processes and operational manuals directly related to the industry sector for which it is being assessed; and,

assessment may be conducted in conjunction with the assessment of other Units of Competency; and,

assessment must confirm consistent performance can be applied in a range of relevant workplace circumstances; and,

assessors must demonstrate the performance evidence, and knowledge evidence as outlined in this Unit of Competency, and through the minimum years of current* work experience specified below in an Industry sector relevant to the outcomes of the unit; or,

where the assessor does not meet experience requirements a co-assessment or partnership arrangement must exist between the qualified assessor and an Industry subject matter expert. The Industry subject matter expert should hold the unit being assessed (or an equivalent unit) and/or demonstrate equivalence of skills and knowledge at the unit level. An Industry technical expert must also demonstrate skills and knowledge from the minimum years of current work experience specified below in the Industry sector, including time spent in roles related to the unit being assessed; and,

assessor and Industry subject matter expert requirements differ depending on the Australian Qualifications Framework Level (AQF) of the qualification being assessed and/or Industry Sector as follows:

*Assessors can demonstrate current work experience through employment within Industry in a role relevant to the outcomes of the Unit; or, for external assessors this can be demonstrated through exposure to Industry by conducting frequent site assessments across various locations.

**Where a unit is being delivered outside of a Qualification the first numeric character in the Unit code should be considered to indicate the AQF level

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit. Further information is available in the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package Companion Volume.

Coal mining