Mines Rescue & Training

Complete course list

Over 60 courses delivered by industry experts

Helping to protect your workforce is important to us. Whether you’re looking for entry-level safety inductions, maintaining essential skills or taking the next step in your career, Mines Rescue has a course to suit your needs.

10898NAT Course in Field-based Training and Assessment

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to carry out workplace training and assessment.

Advanced First Aid

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to provide advanced first aid and coordinate the scene until qualified emergency help arrives.

Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy (including CPR)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to perform advanced resuscitation and CPR techniques.

Airborne Contaminants (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge and understanding of managing airborne contaminants in the mining industry.  

Airborne Contaminants, Fire and Explosions (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge and understanding of managing airborne contaminants, fire and explosions in the mining industry.   

Blasting Explosives User Licence

This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to work with explosives in underground coal mines.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to perform CPR in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.

Confined Space 1 Day (Entry/Worker)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to safely enter a confined space under supervision.

Confined Space 2 Day (Standby/Supervisor)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to enter a confined space, issue work permits and perform standby or supervisory duties.

Confined Space 3 Day (Standby/Supervisor with CABA and Rescue)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to enter a confined space, issue work permits, perform standby and confined space rescue.

Confined Space Reaccreditation

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of working in confined spaces, work permits, standby requirements and confined space rescue.

Confined Space Refresher

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of working in confined spaces, work permits, standby requirements and confined space rescue.

Please note this is a refresher only, no statement of attainment or units of competency are issued.

Conveyors and Working at Heights (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in risk awareness and control when working at heights or around conveyors.

Emergency Management (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge of legislation and specific roles and responsibilities related to Emergency Management.

Emergency Management and Legislation (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge in Work Health and Safety Legislation, Emergency Management, and your role and responsibilities.

Emergency Preparedness - Surface and Metalliferous

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to establish and maintain mine emergency preparedness and response systems in Surface Coal and Surface/Underground Metalliferous mining.

Emergency Preparedness - Underground

This course develops your competency and confidence to prepare for and manage all aspects of an emergency situation in an underground coal mine.

Emergency Scene Controller

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to control an incident scene whilst liaising between first responders, arriving emergency services and incident management teams.

Emergency Warden

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to implement workplace emergency response procedures in the role of Emergency Warden.

Fire and Explosions (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge and understanding of managing fire and explosion risk in the mining industry.  

Fire Officers

This course provides you with a sound understanding of the requirements to function as a Fire Officer at a coal mine.

Fire Team Operations

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to assess, plan and fight a fire.

Fire Team Operations and Fire Officers

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to assess, plan and fight a fire; as well as perform the role of a Fire Officer in the mining sector.

First Aid (including CPR)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to provide first aid until qualified emergency help arrives at the scene. 

Generic Underground Induction

This course introduces you to the underground coal mining industry where you will gain the skills and knowledge to work as an underground coal mine worker in NSW and Qld.

Generic Underground Refresher - Full Day

This course refreshes your critical self-escape skills and Work Health and Safety (WHS) knowledge to safely and competently undertake work in an underground coal mining environment

This full-day course includes both our Self-Escape Refresher and WHS Refresher courses.

Generic Underground Refresher (including OSCSR) - Full Day

This course refreshes your critical self-escape skills and Work Health and Safety (WHS) knowledge to safely and competently undertake work in an underground coal mining environment

This full-day course includes both our Self-Escape Refresher (including OSCSR) and WHS Refresher courses.

This course includes simulator oxygen-generating self-contained self-rescuers (OSCSR) training to comply with the 3-yearly requirement within Section 103 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 (NSW).

Hazardous Substances (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge and understanding of managing hazardous substances in the mining industry.  

Health and Safety Representatives Refresher Course

This course refreshes your knowledge and skills to continue in the role of a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) in NSW.

Health and Safety Representatives Training Course - Five Day

This course provides you with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfil the role of a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) in NSW.

Incident Command and Control Systems (ICCS)

This course will familiarise you with the ICCS management system and how it can be applied to your operations.

Incident Investigation (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of incident investigations in mining.

Inspections and Supervision (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge of the supervision and inspection requirements for the mining industry. 

Inspections, Supervision and Legislation (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge of Work Health and Safety legislation as well as the supervision and inspection requirements for the mining industry.  

Leadership (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in leadership and people management.

Leadership and Hazardous Substances (MOC)

This course refreshes your knowledge and understanding of leadership and managing hazardous substances in the mining industry.  

Learning from Disasters Course - 1 Day Program

This course aims to share learnings from past mining disasters to prevent reoccurrences and to improve the health and safety of everyone working in the mining industry.

Legislation (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in Work Health and Safety legislation within the mining industry.

Low Voltage Rescue (including CPR)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to perform a rescue from a live low voltage panel.

Methods of Mining (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of various mining methods and impacts.

Methods of Mining, Shotfiring and Explosives (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of various mining fundamentals including extraction methods, shotfiring and explosive operations.

Mine Safety and Health Representative Course

This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to fulfil your role in the coal industry as a Mine Safety and Health Representative, traditionally known as Check Inspectors.

NAT10898001 Carry out workplace assessments

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to perform the role of workplace assessor.

Open Cut Examiner (OCE) Step Up Course (Surface)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to apply and monitor risk management processes and use effective communication techniques appropriate to the role of an OCE or Supervisor.

Operate Breathing Apparatus (Open Circuit)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to select, don, operate and maintain breathing apparatus equipment (CABA) in an irrespirable atmosphere.

Pain Management

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge required to provide pain management.

Risk Management

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to carry out risk management processes in the coal and metalliferous mining industries.

Risk Management (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in risk assessment and risk management.

Risk Management, Conveyors and Working at Heights (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in risk assessment and risk management and control, including safety around working at heights or conveyors.

Road Crash Rescue

This course provides you with an understanding of road crash rescue equipment and techniques in a rescue environment.

Roadway Dust Sampler

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to take roadway dust samples at a mine, and to check the level of incombustible material within those samples.  

Safe Working at Heights

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge required to work at heights following safe working practices.

Self-Escape Induction

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to assess, withdraw and escape from an underground mine during a hazardous situation, using breathing apparatus.

Self-Escape Induction (including OSCSR)

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to assess, withdraw and escape from an underground mine during a hazardous situation, using breathing apparatus.

This course includes simulator oxygen generating self-contained self-rescuers (OSCSR) training to comply with the 3-yearly requirement within Section 103 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 (NSW).

Self-Escape Refresher - Half Day

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge to use a variety of breathing apparatus should you need to self-escape an underground coal mining environment

Self-Escape Refresher (including OSCSR) - Half Day

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge to use a variety of breathing apparatus should you need to self-escape an underground coal mining environment

This course includes simulator oxygen-generating self-contained self-rescuers (OSCSR) training to comply with the 3-yearly requirement within Section 103 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 (NSW).

Shotfiring and Explosives (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of shotfiring and explosive operations for the underground coal industry.  

Store and Handle Explosives

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to responsibly store, transport and handle explosives within the resources industry.

Strata and Incident Investigation (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge of strata management and related risks; as well as your understanding of incident investigation methods in mining.

Strata Management (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in strata management and related risks within the mining industry.

Support Underground Shotfiring

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to assist at the blast site for underground shotfiring operations.

TAEDEL301 Provide work skill instruction

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to perform the role of workplace trainer.

Trainer Assessor Refresher

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge to perform the role of a workplace trainer assessor.

Underground Lifting and Load Operations

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge required to move loads using cranes and gantries and conduct underground lifting operations in the coal mining industry.

Ventilation and Strata Management (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in ventilation and strata management.

Ventilation Management (MOC)

This course refreshes your skills and knowledge in ventilation management and control for the mining industry.

Vertical Rescue

This hands-on course teaches you the skills to perform a vertical rescue using specific rescue equipment in an emergency situation.

WHS Refresher - Half Day

This course refreshes your knowledge in a variety of subjects such as principal hazards, isolation, hazard and risk identification, and other relevant WHS matters within the NSW coal mining industry

Certificate II in Underground Coal Mining

The RII20320 - Certificate II in Underground Coal Mining introduces you to the skills and knowledge required to work as an operator in an underground coal mining environment.

Certificate IV in Underground Coal Operations - Deputies

 

The RII40420 - Certificate IV in Underground Coal Operations prepares you to take on the more senior responsibilities of mining supervisors and team leaders (Deputies) such as managing teams, implementing risk management systems and applying statutory requirements.

Certificate IV in Underground Coal Operations - Deputies (Blended Delivery)

 

The RII40420 - Certificate IV in Underground Coal Operations prepares you to take on the more senior responsibilities of mining supervisors and team leaders (Deputies) such as managing teams, implementing risk management systems and applying statutory requirements.

Diploma of Underground Coal Mining Management - Undermanagers

The RII50920 - Diploma of Underground Coal Mining Management prepares you to take on the responsibilities of mining supervisors (Undermanagers), including managerial, planning and technical skills to successfully operate with a high level of autonomy.

Diploma of Underground Coal Mining Management - Undermanagers (Blended Delivery)

The RII50920 - Diploma of Underground Coal Mining Management prepares you to take on the responsibilities of mining supervisors (Undermanagers), including managerial, planning and technical skills to successfully operate with a high level of autonomy.

Queensland Practising Certificate Scheme

Expressions of interest.

Mines Rescue offers a range of courses aligned to the Queensland Continuous Professional Development Scheme for practising certificate holders.

Customised training solutions

Tailored to the needs of your organisation

Mines Rescue can deliver customised training and workplace education programs to meet the specific needs of your workforce. Our services can be delivered in a variety of formats at our purpose-built training facilities, onsite at your premises or at another venue of your choice.

Why Us?

Customised Solutions

Our team of expert trainers have decades of specialisation and technical experience which means we understand the challenges of the mining industry and the importance of working safely. We are dedicated to working with you to ensure your unique training needs are met.

Expertise

As a registered training organisation (RTO ID 90508) we play a pivotal role in training to the highest quality standards. Our nationally-accredited trainers and assessors have long-term practical experience in mining operations and management, emergency preparedness and mines rescue.

Experience

Mines Rescue has almost 100 years’ experience assisting the mining industry to manage risk and operate safely. Today, our practical approach and standards are considered to be best practice throughout the world.