Vietnam: Knowledge and skills required for graduates from intermediate-level underground mining technology

Vietnam: Knowledge and skills required for graduates from intermediate-level underground mining technology (Illustration)

Under Circular 50/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, graduates from intermediate-level underground mining technology in Vietnam must process the following knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

- List the methods of opening seams and preparing mining areas, the underground mining systems;

- Describe the characteristics of coal seams, seam pillars, seam walls, faulting, and folding phenomena;

- Present the structure, erection sequence, and technical requirements of wooden and metal supports in the preparatory tunnels;

- Present the structure and erection techniques of wooden supports, single hydraulic column supports - articulated beams; the technique for moving XDY mobile hydraulic props, ZH/GK mobile hydraulic frames, and linked chain hydraulic props in mining tunnels;

- Present the working principles, usage scope, and operating techniques of various drilling machines, transport equipment, and loading equipment in underground mining;

- Present the technical procedures for reinforcing and restoring supports in mining and preparatory tunnels at a basic level;

- Present the routine mine pressure control procedures in mining tunnels;

- Present the coordination methods for organizing task activities within a production team or group;

- Present the content of toxic gases, flammable gases, and mine air;

- Present some accident hazards in underground mines and preventive measures; common incidents and mitigation and prevention measures;

- Present the structure, working principles, and usage techniques of common mine rescue equipment;

- Present the basic knowledge of politics, culture, society, law, national defense, security, and physical education as regulated.

Skills

- Read the parameters of tunneling passports, blasting passports, preparatory tunnel support, and mining tunnel support;

- Disassemble and install conveyor chutes, slides, and rail tracks in preparatory and mining tunnels;

- Operate various loading and transportation equipment in preparatory and mining tunnels;

- Erect various types of wooden, metal supports, single hydraulic column supports - articulated beams, mobile hydraulic props, and mobile hydraulic frames in mining tunnels;

- Move and operate mobile hydraulic props and mobile hydraulic frames in mining tunnels;

- Participate in checking and reinforcing safety positions proficiently according to regulations;

- Assist in complex reinforcement tasks in mining tunnels such as adjusting hydraulic props, replacing support columns, recovering coal, and controlling mine pressure;

- Perform auxiliary tasks proficiently and coordinate in conducting main tasks in a preparatory tunnel cycle and a mining cycle;

- Drill holes in tunnel faces using handheld drilling machines and drill machines with stands;

- Use personal self-rescue equipment proficiently, common mine safety and rescue equipment according to the correct procedures, and coordinate in handling emergencies involving injured personnel;

- Organize and execute escape plans in the event of incidents and prevent accidents in underground mining;

- Inspect and accept products from the team or group during the production shift;

- Share and guide knowledge and professional skills to junior workers;

- Use basic information technology according to regulations; apply information technology in some specialized tasks within the industry or profession;

- Use basic foreign languages, achieving level 1/6 in the Vietnamese Foreign Language Competency Framework; apply foreign languages in some specialized tasks within the industry or profession.

Details can be found in Circular 50/2018/TT-BLDTBXH effective on February 10, 2019.

Ty Na

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