Training

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23.

Training

23.1.

General requirement

23.1.1.

No person should be employed on any work at a

coal mine unless that person has received the necessary

instruction and training so as to be able to do the work

competently and in safety.

23.2.

Specific training requirements

23.2.1.

National laws or regulations should specify -

(a) the period of induction training for adults who are new

entrants to the industry;

(b) the period of training required for persons moved to new

work;

(c) the period of training and employment of young persons on

surface work before they proceed to work underground;

(d) the period of attendance by young persons at approved

courses of training at a mining school or other approved

place - and, where practicable, the inclusion in the

curriculum of training in first-aid techniques vital to safe

life;

(e) the period of training for adults during which they should

come under close personal supervision when starting work

underground;

(f) the requirement that each manager is to prepare a scheme

for coal face training which covers all operations and

specifies the period of training in each operation, including

training required when new systems of work are

introduced;

(g) the requirement that each person employed at a mine

should undergo refresher training at intervals to be

specified;

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