Course content includes the following components across the range of coal and metalliferous mining systems: core geotechnical risks inherent in major mining methods and risk management criteria; hazard recognition, mapping and ground control management plans; underground mining excavation design; rock mass classification; surface mining geomechanics; application of numerical stress analysis modelling; geotechnical instrumentation; pillar and roadway design; principles and practice in ground control; geotechnical role of mine fill systems; rock reinforcement principles and systems; subsidence engineering; roadway and pillar design; caving mechanics, outbursts, rockbursts, wind/airblasts. Case studies, group work and problem-based learning projects will form a major component of this course.

Successful completion of this course will equip the student with the ability to recognise the major geotechnical applications and their significance within the mainstream mining systems and conditions. Students will also have a sound working knowledge of fundamental mechanisms and mining geotechnical principles within the context of practical mining applications.

Note:Site visits and Industry lectures are a requirement of this course and may involve additional personal expense.

Assumed Knowledge: MINE3300