MSHA Part 48 New Miner Training and Annual Refresher (underground and other surface mines)
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What you'll learn
As a new underground miner you get at least 40 hours of training before work, covering miners' rights, self rescue devices, escapeways and evacuation, roof control, ventilation, mine gases and first aid, then 8 hours of refresher each year.
- Statutory rights of miners
- Self rescue and respiratory devices
- Mine map, escapeways and emergency evacuation
- Roof or ground control and ventilation plans
- Hazard recognition and electrical hazards
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish.
- How you learn
- In person, about 40 hrs.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Required to work in this field where it applies, and the first thing employers check. Get it and every door in the field opens.
What you will payDepends on who you areFree for some learners, such as through an employer, school or state program. Check eligibility before you start.
- Time
- Underground: at least 40 hours before assignment, about 8 hours at the mine site (48.5). Surface: at least 24 hours, at least 8 before assignment and the rest within 60 days if allowed (48.25).
- Before you start
- Applies to underground mines and surface mines not covered by Part 46 (coal, metal such as lithium and rare earth operations, etc.). Taught by MSHA approved instructors.
- How you are tested
- MSHA approved training plan; classroom and on site
- Renewal
- At least 8 hours of annual refresher training (48.8 underground; Subpart B for surface).
- Full cost details
- Conducted during normal working hours at the miner's rate of pay; off site costs such as mileage, meals and lodging compensated (30 CFR 48.10).
- Where it applies
- United States; Part 48 mines
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Sources and what we verified
eCFR 48.5 underground new miner 40 hours ↗eCFR 48.25 surface new miner 24 hours ↗eCFR 48.8 annual refresher 8 hours ↗eCFR 48.10 compensation for training ↗MSHA Certificate of Training Form 5000 23; miner must receive a copy ↗What we verified: Hours and pay from eCFR sections. That lithium and rare earth mines fall under Part 48 rather than Part 46 is inferred from Part 46 scope (aggregates and listed surface minerals only).
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