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  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Operator

  • Location

  • Machine (Unit ID/Class)

  • Loading Style

  • Bench Height

  • Dig/Work Area Conditions

  • Task Specific Documents

  • Comments/Feedback

Operator Performance Indicators

  • Target Payload Achieved

  • Target Passes Achieved

  • Target Swing Time Achieved

  • Notes:

Tasks

  • Work Area Setup and Risk Managment

  • Machine Health

  • Bench Preparation

  • Single Bench Loading Technique

  • Top Loading Technique

  • Double Bench Loading Technique

  • Correctional Cut Technique

  • Coal Mining Techniques (minimising dilution/wasted product)

  • Control of the Work Area - small excavator/dozer

  • Minestar Fleet Compliance - delays, material type etc.

  • Minestar Terrain Compliance - floor, batters etc.

  • Water Management

  • Notes:

Proficiency Skills

  • Timely and thorough hotseat handover conducted

  • Delays selected and mine control forewarned/informed of extended delays

  • Controls the work area i.e. plans with, and delegates work to the support equipment

  • Reports under/over trucking

  • Correct Minestar plan and material files selected when required

  • Conducts cleanup/bench prep during hang time

  • Provides feedback/guidance to truck operators when required

  • Rounds off the start and end corners of bench

  • When mining a wedge, the low edge is faced up by the dozer before the excavator reaches it

  • Before each load the excavator is positioned to maximise bucket fill factors

  • Trucks are positioned to maximise bucket fill and minimise passes

  • Bucket is only opened far enough to precisely place material in truck tray

  • Stick out is used to assist material to quickly leave the bucket over the truck

  • Bucket/stick angle adjustments are made swinging out of the truck, instead of at the bench toe

  • Not "gardening" or over reaching during normal loading

  • "Booms up" only enough to utilise "stick out" into the tray

  • Swing angles <90 degrees (unless on a wide cut/thin seam)

  • Excavates corners productively

  • Consistent dig pattern demonstrated

  • Demonstrates building a safe ramp and safe walking on/off bench practices

  • Excavates a walk off ramp with the last truck prior to a service/refuelling delay

  • Takes no half buckets

  • Shows a productive mindset i.e. is always ready to spot the truck when one arrives

  • Sump location is surveyed and sediment traps constructed

  • Demonstrates payload monitoring and management to reduce passes/buckets per truck

  • Target payload average is monitored and maintained

  • Truck load is centred/contained

  • Notes:

Proficiency Knowledge

  • What is the exclusion zone that exists around powerlines and electrical installations?

  • What is the location of all emergency stops on machine?

  • What is an open edge, and what are the berm/bund requirements?

  • What is a high risk berm/bund and what are the placement and design requirements?

  • When are documented safety checks and full plant hazard checklists completed?

  • What action is taken when a misfire or blasting product is observed/suspected in dig face?

  • In what circumstances can a dozer clean up in the swing radius of the excavator?

  • Can trucks self spot while top loading?

  • Can trucks wait with rear of the truck to the loading machine (outside the swing radius and not in reverse)?

  • Can trucks wait with rear of the truck to the loading machine (outside the swing radius and not in reverse)?

  • Can trucks wait with rear of the truck to the loading machine (outside the swing radius and not in reverse)?

  • Emergency procedure for onboard fire was correctly explained/simulated

  • Use of emergency access/egress systems was correctly explained/simulated

  • All fluid levels can be identified and checked

  • Hydraulic tank venting/pressure release

  • TRUE/FALSE: If truck is overloaded, the load is to be tipped at the face

  • EXPLAIN: Four work area hazards and applicable controls

  • EXPLAIN: Maximum operational grades permitted in work area

  • EXPLAIN: Track tension checks and actions

  • EXPLAIN: Techniques to maintain excavator stability on a bench that is slumping, shearing and/or cracking

  • EXPLAIN: Consequences of digging towards travel motors

  • EXPLAIN: Primary stand off distances and what is required to enter primary stand off zone

  • EXPLAIN: Specific bund requirement for 180deg top loading

  • EXPLAIN: Separation requirements for queuing trucks

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