This has been a year of consolidating our growth into the surface mine training arena, sustaining and improving our underground training and commencing some exciting opportunities for the future of all training delivered by QMRS.
UG Training As round 6 concludes for the Northern and Southern zones I’d like to reflect on the year that was. QMRS has successfully trained over 300 team members, conducted the first round of paperless training using the Learning Management System (LMS), completed 6 Recruit courses, upgraded the training facilities and purchased the Virtual Reality [...]
I wish to acknowledge and thank those who have joined us as new recruits, to those who have maintained their team member status, and the QMRS Staff for their efforts throughout the year. Please continue to build on, and improve your individual skills, knowledge and our effectiveness as a Mines Rescue Service so that we are better prepared to respond to an emergency situation when it occurs.
The oxygen cylinder cabinet construction for site sub stations has now been completed. Sites will start seeing these installed over the next month. Each cabinet needs to be assessed for configuration for the particular mine site it will be installed at. These will be a locked with access by QMRS staff only. We are currently [...]
QMRS Education and Training has increased the training range during 2017 and made significant improvements to the education process. The year end is a good time to summarise the work in progress and the focus of work to be done in 2018. Achievements in 2017 New Courses In response to industry requests, several new courses [...]
Our annual MIU workshop was held in Mackay on 6 and 7 December with 40 attendees. This year the focus was on the Vent Sim software program that has been adopted by our mines to simulate ventilation conditions underground and its ability to predict outcomes from events. The Vent Sim models from 7 of our 9 [...]
Underground Mines Rescue Training Round 6 has now been completed here at the station with the CAREvent open circuit oxygen therapy unit as the primary focus. Good attendance was recorded on most training days. Preparation is underway for the first round of 2018 to be hosted at the station. The underground mines rescue coordinators meeting [...]
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the QMRS newsletter for quarter 3, 2017. Hosting the EK Healy Cup at our Dysart Station was a highlight of the quarter, with the extensive planning and preparation by all staff and assessors producing a quality event that provided great access and understanding for those visitors and [...]
The third QMRS Board of Directors meeting for 2017 was held in Blackwater during August. We took the opportunity to have a look at the progress of “Boonal Station” which was purchased by QMRS in January this year, with the plan to move from the existing Blackwater Rescue Station in the coming years. There has [...]
Trials have been conducted on the XAM 7000 to investigate the use and validity of using a water trap in conjunction with the hood and dust filter on the unit. About half of our gas detectors were utilised in the testing with positive results being found for the potential introduction of this new addition to [...]
