✨ Mining Regulations Notice
3784 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 139 12 SEPTEMBER 2008
Notice of the requirements of holders of Certificates of Competence under the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996
Pursuant to Regulation 20 of the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996, I, Christopher Blake, Secretary of Labour, hereby give notice of the qualifications and experience required to hold a certificate of competence listed in Regulation 16 of the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996.
Interpretation
In this notice reference to:
the secretary means the Secretary of Labour
the regulations means the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996
unit standard means a unit standard registered on the National Qualifications Framework established under section 253(1)(c) of the Education Act 1989.
Commencement and revocation
(1) This notice has effect from 1 October 2008.
(2) The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 27 January 2005, No. 30, page 723, relating to certificates of competence under the regulations is revoked as from 1 October 2008.
Certificate of competence as a first-class mine manager
(1) The holder of a certificate of competence as a first-class mine manager must have the qualifications and experience set out in paragraph (2) and one of paragraphs (3), (4), or (5), as applicable.
(2) The holder must have passed:
(a) the unit standards set out in Group A and Group 10 of the Appendix; and
(b) if the holder works in an operation where explosives are used, the unit standards set out in Group 13 of the Appendix.
(3) If the holder has held a certificate of competence as a first-class coal mine manager under the Coal Mines Act 1979 or regulations made under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the holder must satisfy the secretary that he or she has been employed in the underground workings of a mine or of an approved tunnel for a period or periods totalling not less than 1 year, of which not more than 6 months was in an approved tunnel.
(4) If the holder has a degree in Mineral Technology (Mining) conferred by the University of Otago or holds a degree or diploma in mining engineering conferred by any other university or school of mines, the holder must satisfy the secretary that:
(a) he or she has been employed in the underground workings of a mine or approved tunnel for not less than 3 years (including any periods served in the course of study); and
(b) at least 1 year of the employment described in subparagraph (a) was at the face of a mine or approved tunnel; and
(c) no more than 6 months of the work experience referred to in subparagraph (b) was in an approved tunnel.
(5) In cases to which paragraphs (3) or (4) do not apply, the holder must satisfy the secretary that he or she has not less than 3 years’ work experience at the face of a mine or approved tunnel, of which not more than 6 months was in an approved tunnel.
(6) In paragraphs (3) to (5), “approved tunnel” means a tunnel whose workings are, in the opinion of the secretary, similar to the workings of a mine.
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- Christopher Blake, Secretary of Labour