Vietnam: What jobs may graduates from college-level underground mining technology do?

Vietnam: What jobs may graduates from college-level underground mining technology do? (Illustration image)

Under Circular 50/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, college-level underground mining technology in Vietnam is a discipline or profession in which practitioners carry out useful mineral extraction by tunnel methods; at the same time support the newly mined space and perform mine pressure control tasks to ensure safe conditions for the production process at mineral seams of any thickness and slope, meeting the requirements of level 5 in the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework.

In addition, practitioners also participate in tunneling and supporting work for the preparation of the mining area to ensure development capacity and timely access to the development of the Technical Mining Engineering discipline, profession.

Underground mining technology practitioners work mainly in underground mines at useful mineral mines by tunnel methods with main tasks such as breaking rocks and minerals (manually, semi-mechanically, mechanized, or by drilling and blasting); shoveling rocks, and minerals onto transport equipment manually or by mechanical equipment; transporting rocks, minerals by slide, cart, conveyor, scraper or electric train; transporting materials manually or by specialized equipment; supporting mining tunnels with wooden or metal supports or hydraulic frame support or hydraulic shield; supporting preparation tunnels (opening tunnels) with wooden, metal, anchor or concrete supports; reinforcing weakened supports; repairing supports or tunnel sections with damaged or excessively deformed supports; participating in handling incidents in the production process such as tunnel collapse, gas explosion or underground water burst.

Underground mining technology practitioners work in conditions without natural light and harsh environments regarding temperature, air, noise, and dust... Most tasks are heavy and dangerous. The work is collective in nature. Therefore, such practitioners must have sufficient health, a commitment to the profession, sufficient knowledge and skills to perform the tasks, a solid vocational profession, and good teamwork organization capability.

Note: The minimum knowledge volume is 2,500 hours (equivalent to 90 credits).

More details may be found in Circular 50/2018/TT-BLDTBXH effective on February 10, 2019.

Ty Na

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