FIELD                        ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Revision of Underground Extraction unit standard 7146

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Extractive Industries	Underground Extraction	7146

 

The Extractive Industries Training Organisationhas revised the unit standard listed above, which was registered in November 2005.

 

Date new version published                        May 2006

 

Planned review date                        November 2009

 

Reason for the revision

 

To remove any reference to self-rescuers as plural becauseonly one type of self-rescuer is used in an underground mine, therefore, the requirement for evidence to be supplied for two self-rescuers cannot be met by candidates.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

All reference to self-rescuers has been changed to singular and the range statement requiring evidence for two self-rescuers has been removed.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.