Examination Questions For Certificates Of Competency As Mine Inspector Mine Foreman Mine Manager Fireboss Hoisting Engineer Etc

Author : Pennsylvania State Examining Boards
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282827366
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Examination Questions for Certificates of Competency as Mine Inspector, Mine Foreman, Mine Manager, Fire-Boss, Hoisting Engineer, Etc written by Pennsylvania State Examining Boards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Examination Questions for Certificates of Competency as Mine Inspector, Mine Foreman, Mine Manager, Fire-Boss, Hoisting Engineer, Etc: As Given by the State Examining Boards Nearly all the coal-mining states now have an inspection service; and in many states the appointment or election of the inspector is based on a preliminary educational test, combined with a certain period of practical experience in mining. In many states, an educational test is also required, in addition to practical experience, for other official positions about the mines, and this list of states is constantly increasing, for it is a recognized fact that coal mining is safer under certificated and educated officials than under those who are not thus equipped. A mine of today is a very different proposition from one of 30 years ago; and the applications of steam, compressed air, and electricity on the sur face and underground, and the working of deep, thin, gaseous, and watery mines have introduced problems in mine management that require technical knowledge for their solution. The questions and answers given in this book are mainly those that have already appeared in The Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner, or in Mines and Minerals; the answers as originally given have been edited and rearranged so that there may be as little duplication as possible in question or answer. Certain questions have been added from a file of unpublished examina tion questions, and it is thought, therefore, that this compilation faithfully and fully represents the range of subjects covered at the present time by examinations for certificated mining positions in the United States and Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.