Course Codes
Curtin: 310051
UNSW: MINE4710
UQ: MINE4121
UoA: MINING4101
Course Leader
Dr Peter Knights
Node Leaders
Curtin Dr Dinty Mather
UNSW A/Prof David Laurence/Simit Ravel
UQ Dr Peter Knights
UoA A/Prof Emmanuel Chanda/Prof Ian Plimer
Description
The course provides an understanding of management principles and perspectives vital to a mine manager’s successful running of a mining enterprise. The course will also cover advanced applications in risk management, as well as occupational health and safety legislation.
Topic included in the course include: managing mines; and mining law and risk management.
At the end of this course, the students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
- Demonstrate a sound working knowledge of
- the principles involved in mine management and to apply them in likely employment situations
- Demonstrate a sound working knowledge of
- Latest concepts in mining (OHS) law
- Refreshment in fundamentals of risk management
- Adoption of risk management tools
- Risk management in specific mining-related processes
- Mining and other disasters and the application of risk – man techniques
- Mitigation and response
- Emergency preparedness in the mining industry