Which Major Is Required to Be a Mine Operations Director?

To become a mine operations director, you must meet the standards stipulated in Clause 2, Article 62 of the Mineral Law 2010. Pay attention to the training qualifications as follows:

- The underground mining operations director must be a mining engineer or a mine construction engineer with at least 5 years of direct experience in underground mining.

- The open-pit mining operations director must be a mining engineer with at least 3 years of direct experience in open-pit mining; in the case of a geological exploration engineer, they must be trained, fostered in mining engineering, and have at least 5 years of direct experience in open-pit mineral mining.

The educational qualifications for the mine operations director as stipulated above are guided by Clause 3, Article 8 of Decree 158/2016/ND-CP, which include:

- A university degree or equivalent in mining engineering or mine construction in the case of underground mining;

- A university degree or equivalent in mining engineering, mine construction, or geological engineering in the case of open-pit mining;

- A college degree, intermediate degree, or equivalent in mining engineering or geological engineering in the case of non-metal mineral open-pit mining that does not use industrial explosives; minerals for ordinary construction materials mined manually.

Therefore, if you study at the University of Mining and Geology, graduating in the following specializations can meet the qualification standards for a mine operations director:

- Specialization in mining engineering, mine construction for underground mining;

- Specialization in mining engineering, mine construction, geological engineering for open-pit mining.

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