Mining Hazard Identification and Control Course

Name: Mining Hazard Identification and Critical Control Management Training Course
Availability: InStock

Build mining hazard assessments, bow-tie models, critical controls, and verification evidence for surface and underground operations.

Mining Hazard Identification and Control Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Dubai, Prague, Amsterdam, Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Geneva and more
Next session: 26 – 30 October 2026, Dubai
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Mining Hazard Identification and Critical Control Management Training Course is a one-week course for mine managers, engineers, HSE leaders, supervisors, geotechnical teams, processing personnel, and risk professionals who leave with a Mining Critical Control Assurance File. The course connects mining hazard identification, operational risk assessment, bow-tie analysis, material unwanted events, critical control management, verification, emergency readiness, and assurance across surface and underground operations. Agile Leaders Training Center presents mining risk control as a traceable operational discipline.

Who Should Attend

Mine leadership functions responsible for operational risk decisions and control accountability
Engineering functions responsible for ground stability, ventilation, plant integrity, and technical change
HSE functions responsible for hazard analysis, risk registers, investigations, and assurance
Supervisory functions responsible for work planning, field controls, and contractor interfaces
Processing and tailings functions responsible for containment, monitoring, and trigger response
Risk functions responsible for material-event reporting and control-performance oversight

The course assumes participants make or review mining risk decisions and leaves out introductory safety induction, jurisdiction-specific legal advice, and equipment-operation certification.

Departments and Industries

The course supports operational risk control across:

Mine operations, technical services, HSE, and operational-risk departments
Geotechnical, ventilation, blasting, maintenance, and mobile-equipment functions
Mineral processing, tailings, water-management, and emergency-response teams
Surface mining, underground mining, quarrying, and mineral-processing organizations
Engineering contractors, equipment services, logistics, and infrastructure operators

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze mining hazards and material unwanted events
Apply structured operational risk assessment methods
Build bow-tie models and critical-control specifications
Prioritize controls for major mining risk scenarios
Evaluate critical-control verification evidence
Create an integrated mining control-assurance file

Course Agenda

Day 1: Mining Risk Context and Hazard Logic

ILO Mining Risk-Control Priority Framework
Mining Hazard Taxonomy and Exposure Map
Material Unwanted Event Definition Method
Surface and Underground Interface Analysis
Mining Risk Context and Accountability Matrix

Day 2: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Task-Based Mining Hazard Identification Method
Process and Area Hazard Review Checklist
Mining Risk Matrix and Evaluation Criteria
Human and Contractor Interface Assessment
Risk Register and Treatment-Priority Record

Day 3: Bow-Tie and Critical Control Design

Bow-Tie Threat and Consequence Mapping
Preventive and Mitigating Barrier Analysis
Critical Control Selection Decision Test
Critical Control Performance Requirement Sheet
Control Ownership and Escalation Matrix

Day 4: Major Hazards and Control Verification

Ground Control and Geotechnical Trigger Map
Mobile Equipment Interaction Control Plan
Blasting, Ventilation, and Fire Control Review
Tailings Trigger Action Response Plan
Critical Control Verification and Assurance Schedule

Day 5: Mining Control Assurance Practice

Exercise: Diagnose a Material Unwanted Event
Exercise: Build a Mining Bow-Tie Model
Exercise: Test Critical Control Performance
Exercise: Evaluate Emergency and Change Controls
Capstone Exercise: Mining Critical Control Assurance File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to practice mining risk decisions:

Suggested activity: identify hazards and material unwanted events for an underground development area
Suggested activity: develop a bow-tie and critical-control set for mobile equipment interaction
Suggested activity: test verification evidence for ground control, blasting, and ventilation controls
Suggested activity: present a tailings trigger response and control-assurance decision

FAQs

Who does mining hazard identification training suit, and what does it assume?

Mining hazard identification training suits experienced operations, engineering, HSE, supervision, processing, geotechnical, and risk functions and assumes responsibility for mining hazards, controls, work planning, or assurance decisions.

How does critical control management differ from general mining safety training?

Critical control management concentrates attention on controls essential to preventing or mitigating material unwanted events, with defined performance requirements, ownership, verification, escalation, and improvement rather than broad safety awareness.

What makes a mining risk control critical?

A mining risk control is critical when its absence or failure would materially increase the likelihood or consequence of a material unwanted event and therefore requires explicit performance requirements and regular verification.

How is bow-tie analysis used in mining hazard management?

Bow-tie analysis connects a material unwanted event with its threats, consequences, preventive barriers, mitigating barriers, degradation factors, and supporting controls so teams can expose gaps and assign assurance work.

What should critical control verification confirm?

Critical control verification should confirm that the control is present, functional, effective under operating conditions, supported by evidence, owned by an accountable role, and escalated when performance falls outside defined requirements.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Mining Critical Control Assurance File containing a hazard map, material-event register, risk assessment, bow-tie models, control specifications, ownership matrix, trigger plan, verification schedule, and assurance record. The file turns risk discussion into observable control requirements and evidence. It supports field decisions, escalation, emergency readiness, and continual control improvement.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Vienna	Week 33, 2027 16 – 20 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
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Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewMining Hazard Identification and Critical Control Management Training Course is a one-week course for mine managers, engineers, HSE leaders, supervisors, geotechnical teams, processing personnel, and risk professionals who leave with a Mining Critical Control Assurance File. The course connects mining hazard identification, operational risk assess…

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Mining Hazard Identification and Control Course