The Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993

PART V TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Restrictions on doing work by unskilled persons

23.  No person shall do any work at a mine unless either–

(a) he has received adequate instruction in, and training for, the doing of that work and is competent; or

(b) he does so under the instruction and supervision of some other person who is competent to give instruction in and to supervise the doing of that work for the purpose of training him.

Appointment of a person to organise training at the mine

24.  At every mine the manager shall appoint a suitably qualified and competent person to organise and, where appropriate, undertake the training of persons at work at the mine and shall afford that person such time and facilities and, where appropriate, support him by a sufficient number of suitably qualified and competent persons as will enable him to carry out his duties effectively.

Scheme of training and supervision

25.  The manager after consulting the person appointed to organise training shall prepare a suitable scheme which shall specify–

(a) the arrangements for–

(i) the supervision and training of persons without adequate experience of the work that they will be called upon to do, whether above or below ground, including, in particular, work at or near the mineral face, and

(ii) the training of operators of plant and equipment at the mine, and

(b) the reports and records of training to be made and kept at the mine or at some other place approved by the Executive.

Duties of the person appointed to organise training

26.  Subject to any instructions given to him by the manager, it shall be the duty of the person appointed to organise training to–

(a) implement the scheme referred to in regulation 25;

(b) provide reports to the manager of the progress and welfare of trainees at suitable intervals; and

(c) supply to each trainee a suitable record of the training he has received.