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QLD Standard 11 Coal Induction Free Practice Test

Surface, Recognised Standard 11, RIISS00134

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This is practice for the Queensland coal mining induction for surface mines under Recognised Standard 11: the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act, safety and health representatives, the safety and health management system, hazards and controls, incidents and emergencies.

Your mine and a registered training organisation run the real induction and assessment, and no official question count, time limit or pass mark is published for it.

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Resources Safety and Health Queensland publishes the standard free, but we found no free official practice test.

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Questions per test
30(ExamRoo setting)
Pass mark
24/30(ExamRoo setting)
Timer
45 minutes(ExamRoo setting)
Run by
Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ)

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10 practice questions with answers

Tap Show answer under a question to see the answer and why. These are 10 of the 100+ questions in the full test.

Question 1 · Vehicles and mobile plant

You take over a water truck at shift changeover at a Queensland surface mine. What must the mine's procedure require you to check as soon as practicable?

  1. Only the defects listed on the previous shift's handover report
  2. That the fuel level and engine hours are recorded on the log
  3. That the tyres and radio channel match the job card
  4. That the brakes, steering, lights and safety features work
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Answer: D. That the brakes, steering, lights and safety features work

The mine's procedure for checking mobile plant must have the operator check, as soon as practicable after taking control, that the brakes, steering, lights and any other safety features are functioning properly. The previous operator's report does not replace your own check. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 (Qld) s 73.

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Question 2 · Objects of the Act

A contractor asks why a Queensland coal mine needs its own safety and health management system when regulations already exist. What does the Act say the system is for?

  1. To let the operator set its own legal duties
  2. To replace regulations and recognised standards
  3. To manage risk effectively at that mine
  4. To apply to underground mines but not surface mines
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Answer: C. To manage risk effectively at that mine

The Act achieves its objects partly by providing for safety and health management systems at coal mines to manage risk effectively. The system works alongside regulations and recognised standards, which the Act also makes, and it applies to every coal mine. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) s 7.

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Question 3 · Accidents and incidents

A worker is injured at a Queensland surface coal mine and is admitted to hospital as an in-patient for treatment. How does the Act classify the event?

  1. A high potential incident only
  2. An accident that becomes serious after 24 hours
  3. A reportable disease
  4. A serious accident
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Answer: D. A serious accident

A serious accident at a coal mine is an accident that causes a death or causes a person to be admitted to hospital as an in-patient for treatment for the injury. Admission, not the length of stay, is the test. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) s 16.

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Question 4 · Safety and health management system

A surface mine runs one safety system for drilling, another for haulage and another for the coal handling plant. How must safety and health be managed at a Queensland coal mine?

  1. In a separate system for each work area, each audited on its own
  2. In one single, integrated safety and health management system
  3. In one system for the mine and another for each contractor
  4. In whatever way suits each work area, if procedures are written
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Answer: B. In one single, integrated safety and health management system

The Act requires one safety and health management system for the mine: a single, auditable, documented system that covers all aspects of risk. It forms part of an overall management system rather than separate systems per area. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) s 62.

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Question 5 · Refresher training

A mine supervisor who holds a certificate of competency says refresher training is only for operators. Is that correct?

  1. Yes, a supervisor's certificate of competency counts as their refresher training
  2. Yes, but only if the supervisor has under five years' experience
  3. No, but supervisors may delay it for ten years
  4. No, it covers every worker, including supervisors and certificate holders
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Answer: D. No, it covers every worker, including supervisors and certificate holders

The refresher requirement covers each coal mine worker, including each worker in a senior management or supervisory position and each worker holding a certificate of competency. The worker must also undergo the training. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 (Qld) s 84.

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Question 6 · Vehicles and mobile plant

A rear dump truck is to tip over an edge at a Queensland surface coal mine. What must the safety and health management system provide for?

  1. A safety berm built and maintained against toppling over the edge
  2. A spotter standing beside the edge to guide the driver while tipping
  3. A reduced tipping speed chosen by each driver for the conditions
  4. A warning sign at the edge showing the height of the drop
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Answer: A. A safety berm built and maintained against toppling over the edge

Where rear dump trucks must dump up to or over an edge, the system must provide for constructing and maintaining a safety berm to reduce the risk from the trucks toppling over the edge. A sign or a spotter on the edge does not give that protection. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 (Qld) s 139.

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Question 7 · Duties of workers

You arrive for a night shift at a Queensland surface coal mine after two nights of very little sleep and you are due to drive a haul truck. What does the Act expect of you?

  1. Start the shift if you feel you can manage the main driving tasks
  2. Work only if you are fit to do it without affecting others' safety
  3. Start the shift if no one else is available to cover your driving
  4. Start the shift and tell the supervisor if you make a mistake
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Answer: B. Work only if you are fit to do it without affecting others' safety

A coal mine worker must work at the mine only if they are in a fit condition to carry out the work without affecting the safety and health of others. Being too tired to drive safely means you are not fit, so you raise it before starting. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) s 39A.

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Question 8 · Accidents and incidents

The site senior executive at a Queensland coal mine becomes aware of a high potential incident. Which oral notification must be made as soon as possible?

  1. To an inspector only
  2. To an industry safety and health representative
  3. To the Minister and the chief inspector
  4. No oral notification, only a written notice later
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Answer: B. To an industry safety and health representative

For a high potential incident, the site senior executive must as soon as possible orally notify an industry safety and health representative about the incident and the required information. Notice in writing to an inspector and a representative follows as soon as practicable. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) s 198(2).

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Question 9 · Principal hazards

How does the Queensland coal mining Act define a principal hazard?

  1. A hazard that has already caused a serious injury at the mine
  2. A hazard rated high on the mine's risk matrix
  3. A hazard with the potential to cause multiple fatalities
  4. A hazard that could cause a lost-time injury
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Answer: C. A hazard with the potential to cause multiple fatalities

A principal hazard at a coal mine is a hazard with the potential to cause multiple fatalities. A principal hazard management plan then identifies, analyses and assesses the risk and includes standard operating procedures and critical controls. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) ss 20 and 63.

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Question 10 · Competence and supervision

You are new on a crew at a Queensland surface mine and are being supervised. What must the supervision include under the Regulation?

  1. A supervisor who stays within sight of you at all times on shift
  2. A written sign-off from your supervisor at the end of each hour
  3. Communication, including direct contact, at appropriate intervals
  4. A radio check by the site senior executive at the start of each shift
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Answer: C. Communication, including direct contact, at appropriate intervals

Supervision must include communication, including direct contact, between the supervisor and the coal mine worker at appropriate intervals. It also has to make sure the worker is not exposed to conditions beyond their capabilities. Source: Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 (Qld) s 85B.

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What the test covers

The mistakes that cost people the test

  • Treating the safety and health management system as separate systems for each work area. The Act requires one single integrated system for the mine. Source for common mistake 1
  • Confusing a principal hazard with any high-rated hazard. A principal hazard has the potential to cause multiple fatalities. Source for common mistake 2
  • Assuming refresher training is only for operators. It covers every coal mine worker, including supervisors. Source for common mistake 3
  • Mixing up who is told about a high potential incident. Learn who the Act names for oral notification. Source for common mistake 4
  • Skipping fitness for work. Start a shift only if you are fit to do the task without affecting others. Source for common mistake 5

A 7-day study plan

  1. Learn the objects of the Act, who is a coal mine worker and the general obligations.
  2. Study the safety and health management system and principal hazards.
  3. Cover the rights to leave for safety, refuse a task and protection from reprisal.
  4. Learn the roles of site and industry safety and health representatives.
  5. Practise hazards and controls: vehicles, tipping, fitness for work and handovers.
  6. Study serious accidents, high potential incidents and emergency response.
  7. Sit a timed exam, then review every missed answer against the Act.

What happens if you fail

Your mine and its training provider decide how reassessment works. Recognised Standard 11 sets how training and assessment are delivered but not a pass mark, so ask your site training coordinator what happens if you are not yet competent. Source for what happens if you fail

Names people use for this test

You may see it called: Queensland coal mining induction, Standard 11 induction, Recognised Standard 11, RIISS00134, RIISS00034, surface coal mine induction.

Frequently asked questions

The old and new code

Is RIISS00034 still the right code for the Queensland surface coal mining induction?

No. RIISS00034 Surface Coal Mine Safety Skill Set was replaced by RIISS00134 Surface Mine Safety Skill Set, released on training.gov.au on 2 September 2026. The mapping note says the only change was that RIIERR205D Apply initial response First Aid became HLTAID011 Provide First Aid. The other five units are RIICOM201E, RIIERR302E, RIIGOV201E, RIIRIS201E and RIIWHS201E. RIISS00134 is a national skill set for people who work under direct supervision in surface mines.

Source: RIISS00134 Surface Mine Safety Skill Set (training.gov.au); RIISS00134 Surface Mine Safety Skill Set, Release 1 (training.gov.au).

What the induction covers

What does Recognised Standard 11 require in a Queensland coal mining induction?

Recognised Standard 11 Training in coal mines (version 2.0, Resources Safety and Health Queensland) says the Queensland Coal Mining Induction and the site induction must give a coal mine worker the safety information and obligations before they start work. It lists the parts of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 that must be covered, including the objects of the Act, the meaning of coal mine worker, obligations of persons generally, the safety and health management system, the right to leave for a place of safety and refuse a task, and protection from reprisal. It also requires information about industry and site safety and health representatives.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

Which units does the Queensland surface coal mining induction use?

Appendix 3 of Recognised Standard 11 says participants in a surface mine induction are trained and assessed against six units: RIIWHS201 Work Safely, RIIERR205 Apply Initial First Aid, RIIGOV201 Comply With Site Work Systems, RIIRIS201 Conduct local Risk Assessment, RIICOM201 Communicate in the Workplace and RIIERR302 Respond to Local Emergencies and Incidents. An underground induction swaps the last unit for RIIERR203 Escape From a Hazardous Situation Unaided. The standard lists older unit codes, so see the answer on RIISS00134 for the current ones.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

Does the induction apply to both surface and underground mines?

Recognised Standard 11 says it applies to both surface and underground operations. The training and assessment materials may differ, but the system and process requirements do not. This practice test covers the surface mine induction only.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

What can I do if a task at the mine is unsafe?

The induction must cover workers' rights under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999: the right to remove yourself to a place of safety and to refuse to undertake a task (section 274), and protection from reprisal (section 275AA) with a damages entitlement for reprisal (section 275AB). The standard says all new workers, including labour-hire workers and contractors, must be told that reporting safety concerns will not bring reprisals.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

The real assessment

How many questions are on the coal mining induction assessment and what is the pass mark?

Recognised Standard 11 and the training.gov.au unit documents do not publish a question count, a time limit or a pass mark. Training and assessment are run by your mine and a registered training organisation against the units in the standard. This practice test uses 30 questions, 45 minutes and an 80% pass mark as ExamRoo practice settings only; they are not the official rules.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

Who delivers and assesses the coal mining induction?

Recognised Standard 11 says a registered training organisation must make sure each person who trains or assesses on its behalf at a coal mine meets the national vocational education and training regulator requirements, the Queensland coal mining Act and Regulation, and the requirements of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee. People who train or assess at the mine must be appointed under section 82(f) of the Regulation. Your mine and training provider decide how your induction is assessed.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

After the induction

How often is refresher training needed at a Queensland coal mine?

Recognised Standard 11 says section 84 of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 requires each coal mine worker, including supervisors and holders of a certificate of competency, to be given refresher training under the mine training scheme at least once in every five years. Refresher training does not always need full training and assessment against the whole unit.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

How long are induction and training records kept?

Recognised Standard 11 sets minimum record-keeping rules: records of approval and certification must be kept for at least seven years, and records about coal mine workers, such as training records, for the period of their employment plus seven years. A worker can ask for a copy of their training transcript, endorsed by the site senior executive or their representative.

Source: Recognised Standard 11: Training in coal mines, version 2.0 (RSHQ).

Official resources

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