Mining Skills Australia provides drill and blast consultancy services
to the surface and underground mining industries to improve safety,
technology understanding and optimisation.
Mining Skills Australia (MSA) is a Brisbane, Queensland Australia based company that is privately owned.
MSA is fully supported in Australia by all levels of Government, is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and certified as an accredited training provider.
MSA’s Drill and Blast unit is recognised as a participant in the following related key Industry bodies:
International Society of Explosive Engineers
Australian National Competence Training Framework
Standards Australia
Australia Explosives Industry Safety Group (AEISG)
Drill and Blast
Mining Skills Australia Products and Services include, but not limited to the following:
Desk top and site audits and consultancy services
Explosives storage and handling compliance auditing
Shotfirer and Blast crew personnel availability, training and mentoring
Drill rig operations proficiency training / mentoring
MPU skills development
Shotfirer course delivery (open cut and underground)
Assistant shotfirer course delivery
Explosives safe handling practices and transport (open cut and underground)
Procedural audits and licencing
Safety, environment and community relations
Software solutions
IMESAFR Assessments
Our focus is providing technical solutions to assist our clients to perform optimally at all levels, generating sustainable downstream processing efficiency and productivity gains.
INDICATIVE COURSES
In Australia, Mining Skills Australia’s Drill & Blast business unit develops and provides the following Accredited Courses to Australia Training Framework competency standards and site specific Non-Accredited Training Courses
Mining Skills Australia’s Drill & Blast training resource delivery can be provided in-person, on-site or remotely using a blended approach including XR (Animation, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality) as these innovative technologies offer unique characteristics for product and equipment familiarisation.
Certificate III in Surface Extraction Operations (Under Development)
This qualification reflects the role of employees such as production operators in an open cut mine or quarry, who perform tasks involving a broad range of skilled applications in a varied work context, using some discretion and judgement in selecting equipment, services or contingency measures for drill and blast activities.
Open Cut Shotfirer (Metalliferous and coal)
RIIBLA301E Conduct surface shotfiring operations
RIIBLA205E Store, handle and transport explosives
RIIBLA305E Conduct secondary blasting
RIIBLA402E Monitor and control the effects of blasting on the environment
Underground Shotfirer (Metalliferous)
RIIBLA205E Store, handle and transport explosives
RIIBLA303E Conduct underground development shotfiring
RIIBLA304E Conduct underground production shotfiring
RIIBLA305E Monitor and control the effects of blasting on the environment
Support Shotfirer
RIIBLA201E Support Shotfiring Operations
Mobile Manufacturing of Explosives
RIIBLA203E Conduct mobile mixing of explosives
Stemming Operations
RIIMPO304E Conduct Wheel Loader Operations
Queensland Class 1 Category 2 Explosives Drivers Licence and Explosive Transport Drivers on Mine Sites
Level 7, 26 Wharf Street
Brisbane Queensland Australia 4000
Mining Skills Australia acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.