Enlarging roadways and/or airways by taking top and/or bottom caunches; boring shotholes for bringing down roof or blowing floor; trimming of roof and sides, clearing rubbish and erecting roof supports.

Assists Ripper in enlarging roadways and/or airways by taking top and/or bottom caunches; boring shotholes for bringing down roof or blowing floor; trimming of roof and sides, clearing rubbish and erecting roof supports. Works under the direction of a Ripper and is in need of supervision.

Drilling holes for blasting or bursting.

Boring holes in strata to release gas.

Exploratory boring.

Person engaged in making refuge holes.

Shaft sinking; sinking of shafts for coal and man winding, pumps. etc.; shaft sinking or deepening; sinking staple shafts.

Assists Sinker in shaft-sinking, sinking of shafts for coal and man-winding, pumps, etc., shaft sinking or deepening; sinking staple shafts. Works under the direction of a Sinker and is in need of supervision.

Driving hard heading or stone drifts.

Assists Hard Ground Man in driving hard headings or stone drifts. Works under the direction of a Hard Ground Man and is in need of supervision.

Operating mechanical slusher for loading dirt on ripping; scouring drifting gobs or coal heading.

Filling tubs, trams or mine cars at loading point.

Cleaning up and generally looking after all transfer points on conveyors.

Patrolling and inspecting to ensure safe running of conveyor.

Marshalling, coupling and uncoupling trams or tubs and changing ropes from one journey to another on partings, pass-byes and shunts.

Attaching or detaching tubs or trams to endless ropes.

Coupling or uncoupling trams by means of shackles.

Accompanying sets of trams or tubs on rope haulage for purposes of changing rope or ropes at end of run.

Accompanying man riding train on rope haulage.

Controlling tub and tram movement by use of sprags. lockers and scotches.

Controlling haulage rope on self-acting incline.

Operating squeezer to control movement of tubs or trams.

Operations connected with the movement of tubs and trams.

In charge of horse or pony on horse haulage; in charge of horse hauling tubs.

Training ponies.

In charge of horses underground.

Responsible for feeding, watering and care of horses; in charge of horses and stables.

Driving underground locomotive for haulage of coal, materials, etc., including men.

Driving underground locomotive for haulage of coal, material. etc., excluding men.

In charge of train drawn by locomotive for transport of coal, materials, etc., including men.

In charge of train drawn by locomotive for transport of coal, materials, etc.. excluding men.

Operating or driving shuttle car.

Assisting shuttle car driver.

Maintaining and charging shuttle bar batteries.

Driving a direct rope haulage engine operated by electricity, compressed air or steam, for the transport of coal, dirt, materials and men.

Driving a direct rope haulage engine operated by electricity, compressed air or steam, for the transport of coal, dirt and materials excluding men.

Driving a haulage engine operated by electricity, compressed air or steam, and transmitting power to two or more drums for the transport of coal, dirt, materials and men.

Driving a haulage engine operated by electricity, compressed air or steam, and transmitting power to two or more drums for the transport of coal, dirt and materials, excluding men.

Driving a haulage engine operated by electricity, compressed air or steam, and transmitting power to an endless haulage rope by means of a surge wheel, for the transport of coal, dirt, materials and men.

Driving a haulage engine operated by electricity, compressed air or steam, and transmitting power to an endless haulage rope by means of a surge wheel, for the transport of coal, dirt and materials, excluding men.

Operating underground winding engines in staple pits.

Driving underground winding engine for shaft deepening.

Operating winding engine to haul a carriage on which trams or tubs are loaded, to transport men and materials to a number of levels.

Laying and maintaining tracks of less than 40 lbs. per yard weight of rail, except for locomotive haulage.

Laying and maintaining locomotive tracks or other tracks of 40 lbs per yard weight of rail and over.

Installing and maintaining rollers, pulleys and sheaves, on haulage roads.

Operating controls of conveyor; operating starting switch and cleaning debris from gear heads and/or tension end.

Engaged on the supplying and handling of materials. supports, plant. etc.; to and from sections of the pit excluding normal haulage operations.

Withdrawing supports and equipment from abandoned roads.

Keeping water courses clear.

Performing work of a general character other than highly skilled work.

Cleaning sumps and water lodgements and attending to suctions.

Person primarily engaged on first aid duties.

In charge of underground compressors; operating and maintaining portable compressors; attending to running of compressor motors.

Attending to underground booster fan; combined duties of attending to fan and other work.

Attending to underground auxiliary fan.

In charge of underground fire fighting equipment and general supervision of fire fighting apparatus underground.

Taking samples of roadway dust.

Responsible for control of pit bottom or intermediate landings, and signalling cages for men and materials.

Assisting Onsetter; in charge of additional deck where multi-deck winding is carried on, and responsible for giving auxiliary signals to Onsetter.

Operating cage catches at pit bottom or intermediate landings.

Assisting in loading on to, or drawing off from, the cage at the pit bottom or intermediate landings.

Operating bridge connecting cage with the shaft sidings at pit bottom or intermediate landings.

Responsible for control of staple pit bottom and signalling cages for men and materials.

Generally assisting Staple Pit Onsetter and responsible for giving auxiliary signals to Onsetter.

Operating cage catches at staple pit bottom.

Assisting in loading on to or drawing off from cage at staple pit bottom.

Responsible for control of staple pit top and signalling for cages for coal, men and materials.

Generally assisting Staple Pit Banksman on staple pit top and responsible for giving auxiliary signals to Banksman.

Operating cage switches at staple pit top.

Assisting in loading on to, or drawing off from, the cage at staple pit top.

Engaged on minor repairs and maintenance of mechanical appliances, either with or without supervision.

General smithy work connected with plant or chains, capping and recapping of ropes, etc.

Engaged on the making and/or fitting of horse shoes.

Sharpening, grinding or tipping picks, drills or bits.

Straightening steel supports, using hand or power-driven machine.

Maintaining and extending pipe ranges; dismantling and erecting in new position compressed air and/or water pipes.

Splicing, capping, maintaining and installing haulage ropes.

Erecting, extending, dismantling and re-erecting conveyor in new position.

Laying bricks, stone or prefabricated blocks, building to specification and maintaining fabric.

General joinery work; making woodwork of all kinds.

Capable only of undertaking and engaged upon rough types of joinery work.

Examining, maintaining and repairing shafts and shaft fittings.

Assisting Shaftsman in shaft repairs and maintenance work of a general semi-skilled character.

Responsible for boring holes and inserting and adjusting special bolts to bind the strata.

Responsible for straightening heavy section steel supports in a central presshouse underground.

Preparing old and new work and applying one or more simple coats of paint.

Installing and maintaining gas, hot and cold water supply and sanitary appliances.

Maintaining airways in proper state of repair to ensure proper ventilation. etc.

Semi-skilled electrical worker engaged on minor repairs and maintenance of electrical equipment and appliances under the supervision of a fully qualified Electrician.

Building packs underground other then at the coalface for maintenance and/or development work.

Assists Packer in building packs underground other than at the coalface for maintenance and/or development work. Works under the direction of a Packer and is in need of supervision.

Setting or changing supports underground other than at the coalface for maintenance and/or development work.

Assists Timberer in setting or changing supports underground other than at the coalface for maintenance and/or development work. Works under the direction of a Timberer and is in need of supervision.

Laying and maintaining rails, turns and crossings to enable arcwall cutting machine to be flitted into the working places.

Rough sawing of timber into various lengths by power-driven and cross cut saws.

Vulcanising conveyor belting or an equivalent process with plastics.

Operating controls of stowing machine other than at the coal face.

Assembling pit tubs and mine cars including rivetting and bolting and fixation of axles and wheels.

Operating coal or Dirt Tippler.

Operating a power driven metal cutting saw.

Assists Waste Man in withdrawing and recovering supports from waste and/or building packs, chocks. etc., in waste, gob or goaf. Works under the direction of a Waste Man and is in need of supervision.

Responsible for operating remote controls at Central Point, governing the movement of minecars on pit bottom circuit.

Operating underground plant charging cardox shells; maintenance of plant, charging of shells; assisting in filling and maintaining. and keeping records.

Taking samples of airborne dust by thermal precipitator and/or P.R.U. Pumps.

Determining and recording methane content of air by use of a methanometer.

Painting and decorating old and new work, including graining, varnishing, stippling, gilding and mixing own colours.

Responsible for control of pit bottom or intermediate landings and for the signalling of cages for coal, men and materials where central control in the hands of one Onsetter has been installed for the movement of tubs, trams and minecars to and from the cages or, in the case of skip winding, of the skip loading doors, and for the operation of ancillary equipment, such as hoppers, creepers, tipplers and skip measuring pockets; requiring special skill and experience.

Assists Salvageman in the actual withdrawal of props, bars. girders, and arches which are supporting the roof and sides of abandoned roadways, and in the actual removal of heavy equipment from the roadside. Works under the direction of the Salvageman and is in need of supervision.

Responsible for filling tubs, trams or minecars at a major mechanised loading point with a peak capacity not less than 200 tons per hour where control equipment is centralised in the hands of one loaderman and where the complexity of the control systems is such that special skill and experience are necessary.

Responsible for control of the flow of coal from one conveyor to another via a mobile bunker of not less than 25 tons capacity which either runs along a track or contains within it mechanical equipment for the purpose of distributing and ultimately discharging its load.

Operating slant or drift engine for raising and lowering men, coal or materials up and down the slant.

Competent communications electrician qualified by experience, training and/or apprenticeship engaged on the installation and maintenance of radio frequency communications equipment and/or automatic line communications systems.

Responsible for controlling the loading and unloading of men, searching men and collecting and despatching tallies; also for loading minerals and materials on and off drift manriding and supplies trains; accompanying manriding trains through the drift.

In charge of Underground Pumping installation.

Working underground, using simple surveying instruments and maintaining non-statutory plans, placing and maintaining direction lines and/or making regular measurements of rippings, packs. f ace advance. etc.

Operating Underground conveyor transport system, including bunkers, and loading points where they are part of such a system, and other equipment, by remote control from a central control panel or desk, including observing and interpreting remote indication equipment and monitors and taking necessary follow-up action including maintaining contact with workmen underground where a link is installed, including making reports where required.

Responsible for controlling and co-ordinating the movement of underground locomotives and rolling stock throughout the colliery from a central control point, using guide wave radio, where there are not less than three main loading stations and four locomotives to be controlled.

Competent electrician and competent fitter qualified by experience or training and/or apprenticeship, engaged at a colliery on the combined duties of installation, examination, testing, maintenance and repair of the colliery's electrical and mechanical apparatus.

Competent fitter qualified by experience or training and/or apprenticeship engaged at a colliery on the installation, examination, testing, maintenance and repair of the colliery's mechanical apparatus.

Competent electrician qualified by experience or training and/or apprenticeship, engaged at a colliery on the installation, examination, testing, maintenance and repair of the colliery's electrical apparatus.

Operating underground conveyor transport system, including bunkers, where the operator on his own initiative directly controls the feed into and the discharge from the bunker(s), and loadingpoints where they are part of such a system, and other equipment, by remote control from a central panel or desk including observing and interpreting remote indication equipment and monitors and taking necessary follow-up action including maintaining contact with workmen underground where a link is installed including making reports where required.