Part 46 Surface – 24 hours:
Training and retraining miners and other persons at shell
dredging, sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate
and surface limestone mines.
Course covers the 7 items listed above, but it could be more
depending on the site or situation. No less than 24 hours of training
for new miners; 8 hour
refresher every year. Training completed under Part 48A and
Part 48B may be used to satisfy this section.
Part 48B Surface – 24 hours:
Training and retraining miners working at surface mines/areas of
underground mines, the surface that is the property of an underground
mine. This part does not
apply to the 7 items listed under Part 46, but the training
under this section may count for the training for Part 46. No less than
24 hours of training for
new miners; 8 hour refresher every year.
Part 48A Underground – 40 hours:
Training and retraining miners working in underground mines and
surface mines/areas of underground mines. No less than 40 hours of
training for new miners; 8
hour refresher every year. Training under this part can count
for both Part 48B and Part 46 and it allows a person to be qualified to
work at any site.