Mining & Resources Forms
88 formsFIFO Worker Support & Safety
General fitness-for-work medical declaration required before starting employment at most Australian mine sites....
Mandatory health assessment for workers at Queensland coal mines under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999....
Mandatory pre-employment and periodic health surveillance for NSW coal mine workers under the Coal Mine Health and...
Declaration form for FIFO and mining workers to record hours of sleep, travel time, and work hours to demonstrate...
Mining Licences & Leases
Licence required for surface extraction activities including open-cut mining, quarrying, and aggregate extraction....
Licence to conduct mineral exploration activities (drilling, sampling, geophysical surveys) in a defined area. Required...
Application for a mining lease granting exclusive rights to mine and extract minerals from a defined area. Requires...
Licence for individual prospectors to search for minerals (including gold) using hand-held tools and small equipment....
Buy a Miner's Right to legally fossick and prospect for gold, gemstones and minerals in Victoria using hand tools and...
Apply for an Authority to Prospect (ATP) to explore for petroleum, oil, coal seam gas and natural gas in Queensland...
Mining Operator Tickets & Inductions
Acknowledgement form confirming completion of site-specific safety induction. Required for all workers, visitors, and...
Form to request access to a mine site as a visitor or contractor. Requires details of purpose of visit, sponsoring...
Daily declaration by mining workers confirming they are fit to perform their duties at the start of each shift. Covers...
Acknowledgement confirming the worker has read and understood the site emergency evacuation plan, muster points, and...
The Standard 11 Generic Induction is the mandatory entry-level safety induction for all workers entering Queensland...
Western Australia does not operate a single statewide standardised induction equivalent to Qld Standard 11. Instead,...
New South Wales does not mandate Standard 11 by name, but the Work Health and Safety (Mining and Petroleum Sites) Act...
Drillers Assistant and Drill Operator roles in surface mining (open cut coal, iron ore, gold) are typically...
RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights is the nationally recognised mining-industry unit of competency for any worker...
RIIWHS202E Enter and work in confined spaces is the mining-industry unit for entry into tanks, vessels, bins, pipes,...
Underground coal and metalliferous mine workers must be trained in the use of underground communications and tracking...
RIIMPO304E Conduct wheel loader operations is the national unit for FEL machines under approximately 85 tonnes. Common...
RIIMPO301E Conduct hydraulic excavator operations is the nationally recognised unit of competency for conducting...
RIIMPO304E Conduct wheel loader operations describes the skills and knowledge required to operate and shift loads using...
RIIMPO338E Conduct rigid haul truck operations is the current nationally recognised unit of competency for rigid haul...
RIIMPO321F Conduct civil construction wheeled front end loader operations describes the skills and knowledge required...
RIIMPO329F covers walking draglines — the largest production machines in Australian coal mining including the Bucyrus /...
RIIMPO310F covers motor graders used for various operations — typically CAT 16M / 18M / 24M and Komatsu GD825A /...
RIIMPO308F covers track-type tractors (dozers) in mining — typically CAT D9, D10, D11, Komatsu D375A, D475A, D575A....
RIIMPO326D Conduct civil construction water cart operations covers civil construction water cart operations but is...
RIIMPO307D Conduct wheel grader operations in underground mines covers wheel grader operations in underground coal and...
RIIMPO308F Conduct tracked dozer operations describes the skills and knowledge required to conduct tracked dozer...
Plant Operation & Explosives
Permit and procedure for isolating energy sources (electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic) before maintenance or repair work...
Licence required to perform blasting operations using explosives at mine sites and quarries. Requirements vary by state...
Licence required for the purchase, storage, and use of explosives at mine sites. Separate to the shot firer competency...
A Shotfirer authority is required to design, prime, charge and initiate explosives at mines, quarries and civil...
RIIMPO338E Conduct rigid haul truck operations is the nationally recognised unit of competency for operating rigid haul...
RIIMPO321F Conduct civil construction wheeled front end loader operations covers wheeled front end loaders used in...
RIIMPO320F Conduct civil construction hydraulic excavator operations is the nationally recognised unit of competency...
RIIMPO310F Conduct grader operations covers motor graders used in mining haul road construction and maintenance, pad...
RIIMPO337E Conduct articulated haul truck operations describes the skills and knowledge required to operate, load, haul...
Tower Crane operation in mining and resources construction (e.g. processing plant builds, port infrastructure,...
Mining-spec heavy diesel fitter is a packaging of trade + site-specific tickets rather than a single licence. Required...
The WA Shotfirer Certificate of Competency authorises a worker to charge, prime and fire explosives at a WA mine site....
The NSW Shotfirer Practising Certificate is issued by the NSW Resources Regulator under the Work Health and Safety...
The QLD Shotfirer Certificate is issued by the Resources Safety and Health Queensland Board of Examiners under the Coal...
The NT Shotfirer Permit is issued by NT WorkSafe as the NT Shotfirers Licence under the Dangerous Goods Regulations...
The SA Blasters Licence is issued by SafeWork SA under the Explosives Act 1936 and authorises blasting operations and...
The NSW Coal Mine Shotfirer Endorsement is a separate practising certificate to surface metalliferous shotfirer — it...
The QLD Coal Shotfirer Certificate is required for shotfirers at Bowen Basin coal mines (Goonyella, Peak Downs, Hail...
Open-Cut (Surface) Shotfirer endorsement is the standard surface mining shotfiring qualification and is recognised...
RIIBLA305E Conduct secondary blasting covers secondary blasting, including pre-blasting and post-blasting activities,...
Blast Crew Member / Charge-Up Offsider is the entry-level role on a mining blast crew — supporting the shotfirer with...
Charge-Up Operator drives and operates a Mobile Manufacturing Unit (MMU) or bulk emulsion truck on a mine site, pumping...
A mine site magazine licence authorises the storage of commercial explosives (bulk emulsion, packaged dynamite,...
Statutory Compliance & Certifications
Form completed by NSW coal mine employers to notify Coal Services of a worker's role, duties, and dust exposure level....
Required health assessment for NSW coal mine workers when permanently leaving the coal mining industry. Records final...
Consent form for spirometry (lung function) testing as part of mining pre-employment or periodic health surveillance....
Consent form for occupational audiometric testing required for mining workers exposed to noise above the action level....
International Labour Organization (ILO) standardised chest X-ray for detection of pneumoconiosis (dust lung disease) in...
Consent form for quantitative or qualitative respirator fit testing. Required for NSW and QLD mining workers who use a...
Consent form for pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Required by virtually all mine sites and FIFO employers...
National Police Check (NPC) certificate from the Australian Federal Police. Required by many mining employers and...
Consent form for a Functional Capacity Evaluation — a structured physical assessment of a worker's ability to perform...
Standing consent for ongoing random, for-cause, and post-incident drug and alcohol testing during employment at a mine...
Form acknowledging the result of a random drug and alcohol test conducted on site. Worker signs to confirm they were...
Consent form for drug and alcohol testing following a workplace incident, near miss, or dangerous occurrence on a mine...
Permit required before any worker enters a confined space on a mine site. Includes atmospheric testing, rescue plan,...
Permit required before conducting welding, grinding, cutting, or other hot work on a mine site where fire or explosion...
Permit for work at heights above 2 metres on mine sites. Includes fall prevention controls, rescue plan, and...
Permit required before any ground disturbance or excavation activity on a mine site. Identifies underground services,...
Statutory certificate of competency required to manage an open-cut or underground mine in QLD, NSW, or WA. Requires...
Statutory certificate required to supervise underground mining operations. Required in QLD, NSW, and WA for statutory...
Mandatory incident and injury report form for all injuries, illnesses, and dangerous occurrences on a mine site....
Report form for near miss incidents on mine sites — events that could have resulted in injury or death but did not....
Mandatory notification to the state Work Health and Safety regulator for notifiable incidents at mine sites. Covers...
The Open Cut Examiner (OCE) statutory certificate is required under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld)...
Under the Work Health and Safety (Mining and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 (NSW), key statutory roles at coal mines...
The Deputy is the statutory frontline supervisor in an underground coal mine, responsible for shift inspections, gas...
Quarry Managers are statutory appointments under state mining and quarrying safety legislation.
Mine sites in cyclone-affected regions (Pilbara WA, far-north Qld, NT Top End and West Arnhem) operate under formal...
High Voltage (HV) Switching for mine power distribution (typically 11kV / 22kV / 33kV) requires the unit UEEEL0021 Plan...
The Underground Coal Mine Deputy is a statutory supervisor under the NSW WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation and...
The Open-Cut Examiner (OCE) is a statutory supervisor at QLD open-cut coal mines under the Coal Mining Safety and...
Mines Rescue Brigade Members are trained underground coal mine emergency responders operating under the NSW Coal...
Mine Emergency Response Teams (MERT) are site-based emergency response teams at metalliferous and quarry operations —...
The Mine Manager / Quarry Manager Certificate of Competency is the senior statutory position responsible for the safety...
A Major Hazard Facility holds Schedule 15 dangerous goods above threshold — for example LPG above 200 t, ammonia above...