Core Unit Standards:

259619 - Conduct workplace Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) inspections 

Verify compliance to safety, health and environmental requirements in the workplace 

Examine and make safe non-blasted surface excavations

Demonstrate an understanding of support methods in surface mines and quarries

Demonstrate knowledge of geological nature of surface extraction site

Examine and make safe blasted surface excavations


Elective unit standards

Identify and demarcate misfires in a surface excavation