The Mine Safety Technology Consortium (MSTC) and Capital Resource Agency will offer Apprentice Miner Pre-Employment Safety and Training classes in Montgomery, West Virginia. Classes will begin on Monday February 9 and run through March. The series will offer participants the 40-hour surface and 80-hour underground classes in addition to skills development training with an emphasis on resume writing, basic math, and GED preparation. 
 

The first class will be held at the Upper Kanawha Valley Technology Community Building 326 Third Avenue in Montgomery.  The mine safety classes will be taught by Randy Massey; Program Coordinator/Trainer for MSTC he has eleven years experience in the mining industry working in several different capacities at Cannelton Industries and is MSHA Certified as a Surface and Underground instructor. Mr. Massey is a 1985 graduate of the West Virginia Institute of Technology with a degree in Computer Management. 

The 40-hour class will begin on Monday February 9. The class will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for one week. The 80-hour class will begin on Monday February 16 running through March 12. Tuition for the 40-hour class is $200.00; tuition for the 80-hour class is $300.00 Contact Melanie Whittington @ 304.981.6220 or email melanie.whittington@mail.wvu.edu

The Mine Safety Technology Consortium is a public private partnership involving business owners, industry, government leaders, and educational professionals. MSTC is a principal component of a parent project currently under way at Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical, and Applied Sciences and is supported by a $2 million grant for the federal Economic Development Administration and the assistance of Congressman Nick J Rahall, II. MSTC was created to support three main objectives: address mine safety and health, economic development and job creation in West Virginia. The MSTC steering committee is chaired jointly by Dr. Beverly Jo Harris, president, the CTC @ WVU Tech, and Dr. Tony Szwilski, director of CEGAS.  Other members of the consortium include: Department of Mining Engineers at West Virginia University; Arch Coal; West Virginia Coal.