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Electrical Standards Mines & Quarries

Course Overview

Slam Engineering has developed a training course that provides an overview of the electrical standards that are used in mines and quarries.

The training course addresses the key mining legislation and compliance requirements for electrical equipment, electrical standards and procedures, the relevant competencies required for to carry out electrical work, and key responsibilities for individuals.

Pre-requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Course Content

The key areas that are covered include:

  • Legislation and Electrical Compliance
  • Key Competencies
  • Responsibilities of Individuals
  • Equipment Testing Procedures
  • Installation Verification against AS/NZS 3000
  • Equipment Inspections
  • Arc Faults, Flashes & Blasts
  • Portable Electrical Equipment & Batteries
  • Automotive Electrical Systems
  • Generators
  • High Voltage Installations

Course Duration

The training course is delivered through our aXcelerate eLearning environment which takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

The course involves short presentation videos, which will accompany a set of questions that will need to be completed. There are 40 questions in total for students to answer and can vary on their type. The questions are designed to ensure students understand the relevant legislation, testing procedures, equipment inspections, compliance, electrical installations and verification, and the required competencies and key responsibilities.

The course requires a 100% pass mark, and the student has three attempts to complete this successfully.

Electrical Standards for Mining and Quarries

Training Request

Murray Timpson

Director

B.Eng B.Bus MIEAust. CPEng NPER RPEQ

Using his extensive experience and knowledge, Murray manages client development and project delivery to key clients.
He has more than 26 years’ experience in control and power systems, high voltage, training, facilitation, supervision, heavy mobile equipment, fixed plant, project management, budgeting and fault-finding. Murray gains career satisfaction by taking years of knowledge and practical experience and developing training packages to train others in these special skills.
Prior to founding Slam Engineering, Murray held Superintendent and Specialist positions with Idemitsu, Rio Tinto, Vale and BMA. His engineering consultancy experience includes roles with WorleyParsons and Bechtel.
Murray is a Chartered Professional Engineer having attained dual degrees Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor Business from the University of Southern Queensland, he also maintains Electrical Engineers Certificate of Competency (Underground) for NSW and QLD. Murray has attained a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and holds Engineers Australia committee position on Standards Australia EL-023 : Electrical Equipment in Mines and Quarries. He is also the Co-President of MEMMES (Mining Electrical Mining Mechanical Engineering Society).
Murray enjoys mentoring young engineers towards attaining their professional goals. In his spare time, he enjoys boating, swimming and squash.