Miner Courses in Hobart

Get your first job at an open cut mine or quarry with the RII20220 - Certificate II in Surface Extraction Operations. This nationally recognised qualification introduces you to the routines and safety procedures of an Australian mine site, beginning with risk controls, workplace communication, quality standards, and sustainability. You’ll then gain the operational skills you need to operate machinery, vehicles and equipment. Technical skills include: mixing explosives, dust suppression, breaking oversized rocks, laying cables and hoses, crushing operations, carrying out preventative maintenance. Enquire now for the full list of study units, mining career outcomes, and upcoming enrolment dates..

Become a production operator at open-cut mines and quarries with the RII30120 Certificate III in Surface Extraction Operations. This nationally recognised qualification begins with the essential communication skills, environmental and safety protocols required at mining industry jobsites — personal safety, following WHS procedures, applying risk management processes while digging or drilling, identifying environmental and heritage issues. You’ll then gain the technical skills you need to begin working as a production operator: assessing ground conditions, building and maintaining routes for autonomous operations, surface blast hole drilling, dredging, surface miner operations, controlling automated plant/machinery, and much more. Enquire now for the list of study units, job appointment possibilities, and upcoming course dates..

Want to step-up to supervisor or team leader at an open cut mine or quarry? How about the Certificate IV in Surface Extraction Operations (RII40120)? This nationally recognised qualification will teach you how to supervise small work teams, while implementing the site’s safety, environmental, and quality systems. The course covers: risk management and site compliance, leadership and communication, maintaining site safety, responding to site emergencies, applying the pit plan, administration and computers. There is also scope to gain leadership skills in blasting, dredging, stable mining, surface coal mining, overburden dump operations, mobile plant operations, and much more. Enquire now for the list of study units, mining leadership competencies, and available enrolment dates..