Manage Geotechnical aspects and features in mineral processing operations

What is this standard about?
Achievement of this standard demonstrates your competence in managing geotechnical aspects and features in mineral processing operations.

Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures for the activities undertaken, and to report any problems that you cannot solve, or that are outside your responsibility, to the relevant authority.

You will be expected to take full responsibility for your own actions within the activity, and for the quality and accuracy of the work that you carry out.

Applying and advising on safe working practices will be a key issue throughout.
 
Who is this standard for?
This standard is applicable to anyone at a managerial level who is approved and authorised to carry out this function.

P1. conduct your work in line with relevant regulation, legislation, company policies, procedures, and industry good practice
P2. conduct geotechnical inspections
P3. ensure geotechnical assessments are carried out
P4. conduct geotechnical appraisals
P5. create and maintain an emergency response plan for geotechnical failures
P6. analyse information on geotechnical hazards, risks, aspects, and impacts
P7. review geotechnical reports
P8. create and maintain excavation and tipping rules
P9. evaluate designs for new features on the site
P10. conduct operations in accordance with the quarry development plan or design
P11. manage the extraction process in line with the quarry development plan or design
P12. conduct geotechnical failure safety drills
P13. create an action plan to resolve geotechnical issues
P14. maintain geotechnical records in accordance with company procedures

K1. relevant regulation, legislation, company policies and procedures, and industry good practice
K2. where to find relevant information on geotechnical practices and processes
K3. how to assess geotechnical hazards and risks
K4. the methods of controlling geotechnical hazards
K5. how to inspect geotechnical features on the site
K6. the methods of inspection on site
K7. the excavation and tip rules of the site
K8. the process for creating or updating the excavation and tip rules for the site
K9. the legal requirements of excavation and tip rules
K10. the legal requirements regarding the use of a geotechnical specialist
K11. how to commission a geotechnical specialist to inspect the site
K12. how to interpret a report from a geotechnical specialist
K13. the hazards associated with extracting mineral resources
K14. the purpose of the quarry development plan or design
K15. the details that can be drawn from the quarry development plan or design
K16. the causes of instability in mineral slopes
K17. the causes of instability in soil slopes
K18. the hazards associated with lagoons
K19. the process for changing or designing a feature on the site
K20. the various methods of building a new feature
K21. what is meant by a geotechnical significant hazard
K22. how to conduct a geotechnical appraisal
K23. the difference between a geotechnical appraisal and inspection
K24. the hazards associated with site features
K25. the process to be followed in the event of a geotechnical failure
K26. how to Investigate and review geotechnical failures
K27. how to build an action plan following an investigation report
K28. the legal requirements for record keeping
K29. how to gather relevant information on geotechnical hazards, risks, aspects, and impacts
K30. how to analyse relevant information on geotechnical hazards, risks, aspects, and impacts
K31. methods of distributing relevant information on geotechnical hazards, risks, aspects, and impacts
K32. the process for reporting injuries, diseases, and dangerous occurrences

Feature: May include a quarry face, tip, stockpile, bund, soil store or lagoon.

Records: May include inspections, surveys, topography, diary, photographs, reports, planning information.