This class provides LIUNA members with comprehensive training in underground tunnel and shaft work. Trainees learn and practice production and safety procedures. This program also meets Mine Safety and Health Act Part 48 requirements except for specific site safety.

This class is part of the Laborers-AGC Specialty Skills Training Program and is held at Regional Training sites. Qualifications for attending are: 1) Be a member in good standing, 2) Be sponsored by a local Laborers' Union, Northwest Laborers Training Program, or a signatory contractor, 3) Have a need for specialty skills training and have work available upon completion. An application for Specialty Skills Training will need to be submitted to the training program.

The topics and activities covered in the program are:

• Terminology of Underground Work
• Mining Equipment, Tools, and Other Materials
• Health and Safety
• Hands-on Training
• Scaling
• Drilling
• Mucking Out
• Track Laying
• Preparing Holes for Explosives
• Shotcreting