Courses in Mining.
5 Semester Hours
This course is an introduction to the mining industry and provides the student with the 80 hour training required for underground mine work.
3 Semester Hours
This course deals with the federal and state safety laws pertaining to supervisory employees. Penalty procedures used by both federal and state agencies will be studied. Possible involvement with inspectors to see how these penalties and assessments are determined. Safety films.
3 Semester Hours
This course provides an understanding of management principles and perspectives vital to a manager’s successful running of a mining enterprise. Focus of this course will be on the fundamentals of mine management, organizational structure and responsibilities within the work environment. Students will begin to recognize the importance of training and orientation of employees, effective communication, formal evaluation, and management skills vital to effective organization. Concepts of time management, quality, safety, accident prevention, risk management, occupational health, legislation related to mining, disasters, mitigation and response, and emergency preparedness will be incorporated into the course.
3 Semester Hours
A study of DC generators; DC motors and controllers; fundamentals of three phase power systems; transformers; AC motors and controllers;
circuit protective apparatus; mine power distribution systems; electrical system of mining machinery.
3 Semester Hours
Discussion of the principles of mine management and labor relations to include grievance procedure and arbitration. Studies management and labor job categories and descriptions, role of the local union in management and labor contract administration, and fundamentals of grievance handline, mediation, and the use of arbitration as a means of reducing mining industrial conflicts.
6 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: Two (2) years mining experience.
This course is designed to familiarize students with general mining concepts and methods of operation to the extent necessary to promote an efficient process of mining and a reliable method of decision making. It will also, inherently, partially prepare the student for the West Virginia Mine Foreman Examination.
3 Semester Hours
Deals with preparations and steps in analysis of coal.
3 Semester Hours
Stresses an understanding and application of hydraulic systems principles to the mining equipment used. The first part of the course presents the principles and the last part of the course deals with practical application.
3 Semester Hours
This course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of the environmental impacts, both positive and negative, that mining may have on society. Students will develop an understanding of legal and political context of mining, company-based initiatives, environmental management of mine sites, Land Use Master Plans (LUMP) in conjunction with the permitting process, principles of sustainable development, states of the art techniques in environmental management of mine sites, and issues associated with the community as they relate to mining.
3 Semester Hours
This is a capstone course that focuses on the application of concepts and techniques learned in the program. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to meet the challenges of working as mine managers in a global setting. An overview of mining processes, leadership and management styles, laws and regulations, political context of mining in an international setting, environmental consideration, principles of sustainable development, stakeholder issues, social/community impacts of the global impact of mining coal, cross-cultural management strategies, and project evaluation will be presented. Students will focus on assessment of types and quality of coal, customer specification, coal preparation, blending, productivity and efficiency of the cleaning process, market competition, and selling of coal and coal futures. At the completion of this course students will take a nationally recognized certification/licensure exam.
1-6 Semester Hours Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair. This course presents classes in Mining which the College expects to offer only once or occasionally in response to specific community needs. The course may consist of seminars, specialized or individualized instruction, and/or research in an area related to Mining.