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Mine Safety and Health Administration
US Department of Labor agency that sets miner training rules (30 CFR Parts 46 and 48) and runs the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.
Official website ↗MSHA Part 46 New Miner Training and Annual Refresher (surface sand, gravel, stone, clay, limestone)Mine Safety and Health AdministrationPart 46 training prepares you to work at surface sand, gravel, stone and similar mines: four hours on the worksite before you start, 24 hours in total within 90 days, task training, and 8 hours of refresher every year.LicenseVaries24 hrsMSHA Part 48 New Miner Training and Annual Refresher (underground and other surface mines)Mine Safety and Health AdministrationAs 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.LicenseVaries40 hrsMSHA Approved Instructor (Part 48)Mine Safety and Health AdministrationThis MSHA workshop prepares you to teach Part 48 miner training. You review new miner, refresher and task training rules, write objectives and a lesson plan, then teach a recorded 15 minute segment for review.LicenseVariesMSHA Academy Instructor Training Workshop (Part 48), GS641GMine Safety and Health AdministrationOver three days you learn the 30 CFR Part 48 rules and how to plan training: writing objectives, outlining lesson plans, choosing instructional methods and training aids, then you teach a recorded 15 minute Part 48 segment for feedback.Certificate$1203 days