About the Assessment
What Happens After You Pass This Assessment
After you successfully complete this assessment, the mine operator can appoint you as restricted SSE for the specific small mine covered by the exemption under r. 684 of the WHS Mines Regulations. Your appointment is site-specific. It does not authorise you to act as SSE at any other mine or for operations that exceed the low risk small mine criteria.
For most low risk small mines the restricted SSE will also be the mine operator.
Your First Steps After Appointment
- Establish or review the MSMS. If the mine does not already have an MSMS, you must establish one that meets r. 621A and r. 622. If an MSMS already exists, review it to confirm it accurately reflects the mine's operations and hazards before the next operational period.
- Your appointment notification. The LMS system will record the successful completion of the SMSPA. You may print out a copy of the completion certificate for verification purposes.
- Set up the mine record. Make sure the mine record required by r. 675Y to 675ZA is in place and accessible. All relevant persons must understand how to record inspections, incidents, monitoring results and plant tests.
- Establish your highest-consequence control verification schedule. Before the first operational period, identify the controls at your mine where failure would cause the most serious harm. Set a schedule for checking they are working.
- Brief your workers. Hold a consultation session with all workers before operations start. Make sure they understand the hazards, the controls in the MSMS, their consultation rights, and how to raise safety concerns.
