Underground Ground Control - MINEMS5059
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Mining Engineering
Contact: School
Program: 5059 - Mine Geotechnical Engineering
Award(s):
Graduate Diploma (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
MINEMS is a new 48 UOC stream in the Graduate Diploma of Mine Geotechnical Engineering (program 5059). It replaces the 36 UOC stream MINEGS in program 5040.
The stream is offered on a part-time only basis to industry personnel who have access to an underground hard rock mine and who satisfy the program entry requirements.* It is envisaged that a student would normally complete the program part-time (2 courses per semester) over four semesters (2 years).
The Graduate Diploma of Mine Geotechnical Engineering is offered as a specialist postgraduate coursework qualification for people who currently, or plan in the future to, work within the underground hard rock mining industry with particular responsibilities in the field of ground control. The program has been designed to cater for people with different backgrounds, including either engineering or scientific tertiary qualifications and/or relevant experience.
The overall program content provides an initial grounding in fundamental principles of geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, followed by a comprehensive coverage of practical ground control applications, from the point of view of both the technologies involved, together with their implementation and management. The learning outcomes of this program will therefore provide a student with both the fundamental and practical knowledge base to be able to fulfil the role of a Ground Control professional at a mine site.
NOTE: This program does not allow international students to enrol on a student visa.
The stream is offered on a part-time only basis to industry personnel who have access to an underground hard rock mine and who satisfy the program entry requirements.* It is envisaged that a student would normally complete the program part-time (2 courses per semester) over four semesters (2 years).
The Graduate Diploma of Mine Geotechnical Engineering is offered as a specialist postgraduate coursework qualification for people who currently, or plan in the future to, work within the underground hard rock mining industry with particular responsibilities in the field of ground control. The program has been designed to cater for people with different backgrounds, including either engineering or scientific tertiary qualifications and/or relevant experience.
The overall program content provides an initial grounding in fundamental principles of geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, followed by a comprehensive coverage of practical ground control applications, from the point of view of both the technologies involved, together with their implementation and management. The learning outcomes of this program will therefore provide a student with both the fundamental and practical knowledge base to be able to fulfil the role of a Ground Control professional at a mine site.
NOTE: This program does not allow international students to enrol on a student visa.
Stream Structure
This stream requires six (6) core courses, and two (2) elective courses as follows:
CORE COURSES
Disciplinary
CORE COURSES
Disciplinary
- MINE8140 Mining Geomechanics (6 UOC)
- MINE8680 Geotechnical Data Collection (6 UOC)
- MINE8760 Mine Geol & Geophysics (6 UOC)
Advanced Disciplinary
Elective Courses – 2 electives from the following:
OR
A maximum of one non-geotechnical MINE course may be taken as an elective, subject to approval of the Stream Authority at the time of enrolment.
OR
A civil engineering geotechnical course(s) may also be accepted as electives in this course, subject to approval of the Stream Authority at the time of enrolment.
* NOTE: If students lose or change jobs and no longer have mine site access, the School will work with the students affected to arrange ongoing access to a mine site, or mine site data, so as to enable the opportunity for successful completion of the courses and related assessment tasks. This may include ongoing access agreed with their past employer, or access to an alternate site or site database being arranged. As such, there is no requirement for the students to have to change streams or programs on this account.
A maximum of one non-geotechnical MINE course may be taken as an elective, subject to approval of the Stream Authority at the time of enrolment.
OR
A civil engineering geotechnical course(s) may also be accepted as electives in this course, subject to approval of the Stream Authority at the time of enrolment.
* NOTE: If students lose or change jobs and no longer have mine site access, the School will work with the students affected to arrange ongoing access to a mine site, or mine site data, so as to enable the opportunity for successful completion of the courses and related assessment tasks. This may include ongoing access agreed with their past employer, or access to an alternate site or site database being arranged. As such, there is no requirement for the students to have to change streams or programs on this account.
