Part 48 requires training prior to performing work in or on mine property. This includes an operator’s responsibility to conduct mine-specific training.

What is a Part 46 mine?

Part 46 regulates the training and retraining of miners engaged in shell dredging or employed at sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, surface limestone, marble, granite, sandstone, slate, shale, traprock, kaolin, cement, feldspar, and lime mines.

How to become MSHA instructor?

(1)Minimum of three years of verifiable mining experience within the past five years. This experience must be directly related to mining under the jurisdiction of MSHA.

  • (2)The applicant must have completed New Miner training,and Annual Refresher Training as required. Evidence of the training will require the presentation of 5000-23’s.
  • (3)The applicant must submit an MSHA Instructor application and resume of mining experience for consideration of approval. The application and resume should focus on relevant mining experience.
  • (4)The applicant must complete the required instructor training course (This Course) from an acceptable and MSHA approved training resource.

    • What is involved in MSHA training?

    Our MSHA Annual Refresher Training is a comprehensive training package designed to help you fulfill Part 46 training guidelines. The courses in this package cover a wide range of topics related to surface mining, such as hazard detection, avoidance, and reporting; emergency procedures; respiratory devices; and first aid.

    What is part 48 training?

    The MSHA Part 48 Instructor Training Course is a prerequisite course to become a MSHA Approved Instructor. The approved instructor certification is a requirement for those operations that fall under the Title 30 CFR Part 48 for surface mines, surface areas of underground mines and underground mines.

    What is MSHA training?

    MSHA is an acronym that stands for the Mine Safety and Health Administration. They’re the government agency tasked with safety and health issues at mines. One aspect of their responsibility is to make sure miners receive proper safety training.