(1) Applicants shall pass such reasonable and practical examinations as may be prescribed by the board for certification. Examinations shall be designed to demonstrate whether the applicant possesses sufficient practical and theoretical knowledge for competent performance of the position for which certification is sought and whether the applicant has knowledge of the state and federal mine health and safety laws.
An applicant for certification as a mine foreman or fire boss in underground coalmines shall be sufficiently knowledgeable as to coal mining, mechanical equipment, the different systems of working and ventilating coal mines, the nature and properties of noxious, explosive, poisonous gases of mines, and the nature and properties of coal dust.
To qualify for certification, an applicant for certification as a shot-firer must be sufficiently knowledgeable as to explosives, breaking agents, and blasting accessories used in coal mines, the proper placement of drill holes made for the purpose of breaking or dislodging coal and rock, the digital gas detector and its use in detecting inflammables and noxious gases, and the proper ventilation in the working places of coal mines.
Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 1192, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2020: (3) amended, (HB 20-1208), ch. 119, p. 495, § 4, effective June 23.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 34-21-110 as it existed prior to 1988. 34-22-110. Examinations - notice - grading - filing. (1) Notice of examination shall be given by legible notices for a period of six months prior to the examination. The date and location of the examination shall be announced at least thirty days preceding the examination, and the conditions of eligibility shall be fully stated on the notices. Notices shall be furnished by the office of active and inactive mines and posted in a conspicuous place at each coal mine by the operator of such mine.
The office of active and inactive mines shall provide all candidates who take theexamination with mathematical formulas to be used in the answering of questions given.
The examination papers of all applicants who earn certificates of competency shallbe kept, with the complete list of questions and their correct solutions, by the office of active and inactive mines for a period of two years.
Application forms shall be provided by the office of active and inactive mines. Completed applications shall be returned at least fifteen days prior to the date of the examination.
Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 1192, § 3, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 1933, § 21, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 34-21-109 as it existed prior to 1988.