This course provides knowledge underpinning: the supply and control of air for underground mines and the removal of contaminants; the supply, control and removal of water in mining operationsother potential high consequence hazards in a mine including outbursts, explosions, fires, spontaneous combustion, inrush hazards, radiation, windblasts, noise, miners' diseases and illumination in mines. Mine ventilation: practice in mines, airflow, resistance of workings and distribution of mine air, network analysis, fans and their operation, auxiliary ventilation, economic size of airways; ventilation surveys. Mine gases and dust: hazards, occurrence, detection, monitoring and control, physiological effects. Mine climate: physiological effects, air cooling power and control. Ventilation planning: airflow requirements based on pollutant gas, airborne dust, heat and humidity. Outbursts in coal mines. Mine explosions. Mine fires. Spontaneous combustion. Inrush hazards in mines. radiation hazards in mines. Noise, Miners' diseases, illumination, windblasts and ventilation risk management. Mining engineering hydrology, sources of mine water, forecasting water inflows, water balance and reticulation; pump types, pumping and drainage. Hydrology risk analysis.

Note: Site visits and industry lectures are a requirement of this course and may involve additional personal expense.
Assumed Knowledge: MINE2500