This certification not only fulfills a legal requirement but also plays a significant role in enhancing safety and health standards in mining operations. Ensuring accessibility of these federal training certificates at the mine site is vital for inspection by regulatory bodies like the Mine Safety and Health Administration, miners, their representatives, and State agencies, promoting transparency and accountability in training procedures. Instructors are obligated to provide miners with a signed copy of their training certificate upon completion to serve as tangible proof of their competencies. Additionally, miners should receive a copy of their training certificate upon departure from employment, emphasizing the importance of retaining such documentation for future career prospects and continuous professional growth.
We offer MSHA Safety Training Services for Mining Companies, Contractor employees, and individuals.
GET CERTIFIED TO WORK IN ANY MINE IN THE UNITED STATES
A 24-hour New Miner Training is required. A surface mine means an area containing an open pit excavation, surface operations incident to an underground mine, or associated activities adjacent to the excavation or surface operations, from which coal or other minerals are produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use; and includes all buildings and equipment above the surface of the ground used in connection with such mining. It will cover courses that are more specific to hazards and risks in the mining environment. Everyone in the mine has to know and be familiar with, all the safety rules.
This course fully meets all Federal requirements for anyone working on the surface & surface of an underground mine. In addition, you will receive an 8-hour site-specific training at a Surface or Surface Underground mine.
This course is intended for individuals who have completed and have received MSHA Part 48 B New Miner Training certification and/or have received MSHA Part 48 B Annual Refresher Training and require renewing their certification.
MSHA requires an annual refresher training of 8 hours for active miners. This training covers emergency procedures mines have in place for handling emergencies. these might include earthquakes, landslides, rocks falling, hazardous spills, and hazardous materials.
To maintain MSHA compliance you must complete MSHA annual refresher training every year. Completing annual refresher training allows you to work on a mine site for the year. What happens if you skip a year? Click here to learn how and when MSHA training expires.
Underground mining means mining carried out beneath the surface utilizing shafts, tunnels, or other underground openings. Underground mining means all human-made excavations below the surface of the ground through shafts or tunnels to explore for, develop, or produce valuable minerals. It will cover courses that are more specific to hazards and risks in this mining environment like Mine Gases and Rock Bolting. To enter an underground mine, you need a 5000-23 certificate, a 32-hour New Miner Safety Training is required. Plus 8 hours of site specific training will be carried out by the mine.
Each mine has a different layout. The site specific training will issue a separate 5000-23 certificate. Our training covers underground coal, metal, and non-metal mines. The underground miner will also need to complete an 8-hour refresher training each year. Learn more
BENEFITS
Customized and convenient online schedules are available every week.
Our training is provided by MSHA-approved instructors.
Stay away from COVID-19, influenza, and other viruses.
Save tons of money on logistics expenses.
Monitored live.
Suitable for New Miner for Surface and Underground mining. We come to you. A group of 10 or more participants. Logistics expenses will be added to the Online Training Fee and prorated between the number of participants.
BENEFITS
This type of training results in personal in-classroom training customized for your type of business.
Reasonable and effective training costs.
A live learning experience.
Logistic costs are shared and added equally over the online cost and between the number of participants.
Part 46 on the other hand covers Non-Metal and are very specific types of mines. NOTE: If you are a contractor at a Part 46 mine you may also be under Part 48. Tha’s why it is recommended to take the Part 48 training which will also give you access to mines under Part 46 jurisdiction. For Part 46 Surface Miner Training, MSHA allows for use of either the 5000-23 or a form that will be considered compliant if it contains five specified items of information. If your workers fall into this situation, please register as Part 48 B using the following link:
The Training Plan as well as the Instructor for this course is approved by MSHA and takes place in a training room providing an interactive environment for learning and collaborating compliant with MSHA training requirements to see and hear the participant 100% of the time, delivering a personalized experience for every participant. We cover every subject required by MSHA Part 48 New and Experienced Miner. At the completion of the course, students that have completed and followed the code of ethics and conduct during the training will obtain the 5000-23 form to work on any mine site in the US and it will be widely accepted by most mine operators worldwide.
The best companies in the mining business are in our Portfolio. We train personnel from these companies located in the United States, Canada, and worldwide.
Federal Law states the miner must get Safety Training in the language he understands most. Therefore, we offer MSHA 5000-23 Safety Training in Spanish.
All videos and presentations produced by MSHA, and other providers will be presented in this language.