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• Working in the Classroom - A Vision of Miner Training in the 21st Century
  11/1/2008 - Conference papers
  This article discusses how narrative-based training has evolved and is likely to continue changing in the future using the Underground Coal Mine Map Reading Training (UCMMRT) developed by NIOSH.
• Mine Rescue and Response
  9/1/2000 - Conference papers
  This paper describes technology and training that has been identified for underground emergency responders.
• Assessing the Effects of Virtual Emergency Training on Mine Rescue Team Efficacy
  11/1/2015 - Conference papers
  A conference paper describing a study that represents the first documented empirical attempt at evaluating the effectiveness of virtual reality training for mine rescue teams in the United States.
• New Simulated Gas Detector Offers Realistic Training for Mine Rescue Teams
  6/1/2010 - Conference papers
  A multi-gas simulated gas monitor system (GMS) is a wireless simulation tool. It is designed to assist mine rescue team members learn about gas detection, gas concentrations, and encourage subsequent decision-making actions by team members.
• Tell Me A Story... Using Stories to Improve Occupational Safety Training
  6/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses the social and cultural power of stories, and how they have been used to develop training for skilled blue-collar workers.
• Virtual Reality in Mine Training
  2/1/2007 - Conference papers
  In 2006, representatives of 14 international organizations met to discuss current VR-related efforts and explore ways to employ VR in the future. This is an overview of the various approaches presented and discusses possible future implementation.
• Tell Me a Story: Using Narrative to Teach Safety to Skilled Blue-Collar Workers
  3/1/2003 - Conference papers
  A discussion of how training videos created to get safety messages to miners were developed, how "master miners" and story lines were chosen, and how the resulting videos have been received in the mining industry.
• Mine Emergency Response Command Center Training Using Computer Simulation
  8/1/2002 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses the Mine Emergency Response Interactive Training Simulation (MERITS), a computerized simulation for providing mine emergency command center training.
• Issues for Training an Evolving Emergency Management Workforce: A View from the U.S. Mining Community
  5/1/2002 - Conference papers
  This paper reviews research from the U.S. mining community to define issues relevant to an evolving national and international workforce and relate them to the emergency response population.
• The Evolving Mining Workforce: Training Issues
  8/1/2001 - Conference papers
  A major concern in the mining industry today is how to train the present aging workforce plus the expected influx of new and less experienced miners and mine operators as the cohort of older workers retire.