Mining Occupational Safety & Health
Graduate Certificate
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The Arizona Online Graduate Certificate in Mining Occupational Safety and Health can help you meet the challenge of creating a hazard-free mining environment. Dedicated, well-trained specialists in mining safety make a difference by enforcing stringent safety measures, mitigating dangers, and promoting best practices.
In this program, you’ll complete advanced coursework in ventilation, geomechanics, chemical exposure, and other fundamental areas, learning to design processes and procedures that minimize the inherent risks of excavation. Mining certificate courses have been designed with the input of experts in the industry and are taught by leading University of Arizona faculty members. The Department of Mining and Geological Engineering is the state’s sole provider of university-level educational and research programs in engineering minerals and nonrenewable resources. Faculty leads the technological and scientific breakthroughs that will shape the future of mine engineering and safety.
By completing a mining safety management certificate, you’ll develop the knowledge you need to start or advance a career in this vital field. Graduates of the graduate certificate will be better prepared to achieve certification as mine safety professionals.
Arizona leads the US in value of non-fuel mineral production as the top producer of copper and a major source of other minerals such as crude perlite, molybdenum, and silver. The field requires the expertise of safety-minded professionals to ensure that every measure is taken to prevent risks for the workers who make energy production and industrial processes possible.
*Residents of some U.S. Territories may not be eligible. Please see our Eligibility & State Authorization page for more information.
The curriculum for this program includes:
This course focuses on fundamental concepts in the recognition, evaluation, and control of health and safety hazards encountered in mining operations; includes a review of engineering management responsibilities to control accidents, a review of federal regulations and standards affecting the industrial workplace, and instruction regarding the interaction of industrial hygiene, safety, fire protection and workers' compensation to control losses resulting from industrial accidents. Graduate-level requirements include a term paper.
Topics covered in this course include thermodynamics properties of air, ventilation planning, design, survey, and network analysis, fan types, impeller theory, fan laws, and ventilation (fan) economics, mine heat, gases and dust, governing regulations, and environmental consideration. Computer applications, laboratory work, and intensive field trips further enhance the understanding of the fundamental concepts. Graduate-level requirements include completing a more complex project, which will include more advanced tasks related to design, simulation, interpretation of data, and presentation of scientific information.
In this course you’ll investigate geomechanical aspects of underground excavation in rock—empirical and mechanistic stability evaluation and design. Graduate-level requirements include an independent design/analysis project.
Outcomes
Skills
Earning your Graduate Certificate in Mining Occupational Safety & Health will build core skills, including:
- Chemical exposure
- Excavation design processes & procedure risks
- Geomechanics
- Ventilation
Potential Career Paths
Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Mining Occupational Safety & Health will be prepared to pursue careers in the following fields: