RIIUND603DManage, operate and maintain the mine ventilation system

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90 assessable components: 6 elements (51 performance criteria), 17 performance evidence and 21 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 1 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify, analyse and evaluate hazards and risks associated with the mine ventilation system

  • 1.1Access, interpret and apply ventilation management documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
  • 1.2Identify, analyse and evaluate the sources, hazards and risks of gases and fumes
  • 1.3Identify and evaluate the likelihood and risks of spontaneous combustion
  • 1.4Identify, analyse and evaluate the hazards and risks of airborne and flammable dust
  • 1.5Identify, analyse and evaluate the potential for the impact of wind blast and outburst on the ventilation system
  • 1.6Identify, analyse and evaluate the impacts of fire, ignition and explosion on the ventilation system
  • 1.7Identify, analyse and evaluate the potential for the impact of ventilation pressure differentials
  • 1.8Identify, analyse and evaluate the effect of changes in air temperature and humidity
  • 1.9Identify, analyse and evaluate the causes and effects of re-circulation
  • 1.10Identify, analyse and evaluate the impact associated with disruption to the ventilation system
  • 1.11Identify, analyse and evaluate the impacts of holing into previous workings

2 Identify, analyse and evaluate ventilation control options and measures

  • 2.1Identify, analyse and evaluate the types, applications and limitations of the ventilation control devices
  • 2.2Identify, analyse and evaluate the impact of mine design on ventilation system
  • 2.3Identify, analyse and evaluate the methods, purposes and limitations of mine monitoring systems and processes
  • 2.4Identify, analyse and evaluate inertisation techniques and applications
  • 2.5Identify, analyse and evaluate the impact of seam gas management on the ventilation system
  • 2.6Identify, analyse and evaluate the impact of water management on the ventilation system

3 Contribute to the development and maintenance of the mine ventilation management plan

  • 3.1Identify, analyse and confirm the objectives and criteria for safe and effective ventilation
  • 3.2Incorporate the principles and requirements of mine ventilation into the mine development plan
  • 3.3Identify, analyse and evaluate the requirements for mine fans and make appropriate selections
  • 3.4Evaluate and apply design criteria and specifications for ventilation networks and individual circuits
  • 3.5Evaluate ventilation control device options against requirements and select best option
  • 3.6Establish design criteria for ventilation and environmental monitoring systems and make appropriate selections
  • 3.7Prepare and incorporate procedures for the installation, establishment and operation of ventilation management systems
  • 3.8Develop a system for early warning for each identified hazard including action requirements for each event and incorporate
  • 3.9Formulate and implement maintenance program and procedures
  • 3.10Incorporate procedures for the audit, review and updating of the ventilation system
  • 3.11Identify ventilation training requirements and incorporate

4 Implement mine ventilation monitoring, recording and reporting systems

  • 4.1Implement procedures for monitoring, recording and reporting on the ventilation system
  • 4.2Implement procedures for the installation and operation of monitoring systems and equipment
  • 4.3Implement procedures for the collection and analysis of ventilation data
  • 4.4Process, record and report monitoring system data
  • 4.5Interpret measured data and compare with statutory requirements and the ventilation management plan and action requirements
  • 4.6Include the periodic review of alarm settings and alarms raised in the ventilation management plan and implement

5 Coordinate and control the maintenance of and changes to the mine ventilation system

  • 5.1Review, confirm and communicate the ventilation system maintenance program to responsible parties
  • 5.2Coordinate maintenance activities, including inspections, repair and maintenance
  • 5.3Implement the system of recording and reporting maintenance requirements and activities
  • 5.4Plan, control and implement changes to the ventilation system
  • 5.5Prepare and maintain mine ventilation plans

6 Audit and review the effectiveness of the mine ventilation system

  • 6.1Audit the effectiveness of the ventilation system
  • 6.2Ensure that ventilation control devices comply
  • 6.3Ensure that ventilation standards comply
  • 6.4Operate mine monitoring systems
  • 6.5Maintain ventilation recording systems accurately and process data
  • 6.6Implement and record ventilation system maintenance program and procedures
  • 6.7Communicate the content of the ventilation management plan to the workforce and ensure that it is understood
  • 6.8Review the ventilation system
  • 6.9Ensure that the emergency plans are consistent with the ventilation management plan
  • 6.10Ensure that the ventilation standards remain appropriate
  • 6.11Ensure that the training of mine employees is current, relevant and is conducted
  • 6.12Identify, assess and incorporate future ventilation requirements into the ventilation planning procedures

Performance evidence

  • locates and applies relevant legislation, documentation, policies and procedures
  • implements the requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient management, operation and maintenance of the mine ventilation system including:
  • accessing and analysing archival and historical ventilation information
  • interpreting and applying mathematical and scientific theorems/laws related to ventilation
  • interpreting and applying design criteria for ventilation systems and devices
  • interpreting computer spreadsheets and ventilation modelling/simulations
  • analysing and reporting on ventilation training needs
  • demonstrates completion of the management, operation and maintenance of the mine ventilation systems that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:
  • identifying mine ventilation system hazards and risks
  • determining measures and control of risks to mine ventilation systems
  • developing a system for early warning for each identified hazard including action requirements for each event and incorporate
  • identifying, analysing and evaluating ventilation control options and measures
  • coordinating maintenance activities, including inspections, repair and maintenance
  • preparing and maintaining ventilation management plan and associated activity
  • communicating the ventilation management plan to others, clarify intent and ensure compliance
  • auditing and reviewing the effectiveness of the mine ventilation system
  • accessing data from monitoring systems and equipment and conducting enquiries/investigations for noncompliance, discrepancies or deficiencies and preparing audit reports

Knowledge evidence

  • methods of mine ventilation and their applications/limitations
  • methods of panel ventilation and their applications/limitations
  • impact of mining techniques and mine and panel design on ventilation
  • inertisation techniques and applications
  • impact of differing geological features and conditions on ventilation including faults, dykes, intrusions and strata deformities
  • impact of coal characteristics and coal seam gradients on mine ventilation design
  • effects of ventilation on the spontaneous combustion risk
  • mine gases; the types and their characteristics, sources, physiological effects and methods of detection
  • dust and other particulate matter; the types, sources, physical and physiological effect, and control/mitigation methods
  • mine fires; the types, sources of ignition, possible effects on the ventilation circuit and prevention/control/mitigation methods
  • mine explosions; the types, ignition sources, possible effects on the ventilation circuits and prevention/control/mitigation methods
  • pressure changes; causes, the impacts on the ventilation system, responses (to include the causes and effects of natural ventilation and re-circulation)
  • heat, humidity; the sources and factors which may impact on mine ventilation and personnel
  • mine roadways and shafts; their design parameters and impact on mine ventilation
  • mine fans; fan laws, fan types, performance characteristics, configurations, applications and limitations
  • ventilation control devices; the types, purposes, design criteria and specifications, distribution/placement criteria and limitations
  • de-gassing; methods of control – including brattice, auxiliary fans, compressed air venturis, sails, hurdles and bleeders
  • ventilation networks and individual circuit design criteria, specifications and design processes
  • fixed ventilation monitoring systems types, uses/limitations , design criteria, specifications and design processes
  • portable monitoring equipment, types, uses/limitations, design criteria and specifications
  • the use of computer modelling and simulation techniques and applications relevant to mine ventilation planning; their functions, capabilities, advantages and limitations

Foundation skills

  • Foundation Skills: 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.

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