[ PRC BOARD OF MINING ENGINEERING RESOLUTION NO. 02, SERIES OF 1995, August 17, 1995 ]
ADOPTION OF SYLLABUS FOR EACH SUBJECT OF THE MINING ENGINEERING LICENSURE EXAMINATION
WHEREAS, in the exercise of its power under P.D. 223 as amended, the Professional Regulation Commission has adopted policies and in the licensure examinations embodied in issuances among which are: MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 8, Series of 1992; Res. No. 265, Series of 1993, MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 93-037, Series of 1993; and MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 93-04, Series of 1993, all of which provide for the adoption of a syllabus for every subject in the licensure examinations;
WHEREAS, the Board of Mining Engineering is mandated to adopt a syllabus for each subject in the Mining Engineering Licensure Examination which contains the various concepts, principles, and application thereof which shall be the basis for the preparation of examination questions that will be inputted into the data bank; and
WHEREAS, after consultation with experts from the different associations such as the Council of Deans and Heads of Mining Engineering Schools of the Philippines and the Philippine Institute of Mining Engineers of the Philippines, the Board of Mining Engineering formulated a set of syllabus for each of the subject in the Mining Engineering licensure examination (See Annex A ).
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Sec. 13 of R.A. 5734, otherwise known as the Mining Engineering Law of the Philippines , the Board hereby RESOLVES as it RESOLVED, to adopt and promulgate a syllabus for each subject in the Mining Engineering licensure examination, embodied in Annex A appended hereto.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that this resolution, upon its approval by the Commission, shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.
RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE that this resolution be disseminated to all recognized schools offering the course of Mining Engineering and other concerned entities.
Adopted: 17 Aug. 1995
SUBJECT:
I. MINE ENGINEERING I
WHEREAS, the Board of Mining Engineering is mandated to adopt a syllabus for each subject in the Mining Engineering Licensure Examination which contains the various concepts, principles, and application thereof which shall be the basis for the preparation of examination questions that will be inputted into the data bank; and
WHEREAS, after consultation with experts from the different associations such as the Council of Deans and Heads of Mining Engineering Schools of the Philippines and the Philippine Institute of Mining Engineers of the Philippines, the Board of Mining Engineering formulated a set of syllabus for each of the subject in the Mining Engineering licensure examination (See Annex A ).
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Sec. 13 of R.A. 5734, otherwise known as the Mining Engineering Law of the Philippines , the Board hereby RESOLVES as it RESOLVED, to adopt and promulgate a syllabus for each subject in the Mining Engineering licensure examination, embodied in Annex A appended hereto.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that this resolution, upon its approval by the Commission, shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.
RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE that this resolution be disseminated to all recognized schools offering the course of Mining Engineering and other concerned entities.
Adopted: 17 Aug. 1995
(SGD.) CORNELIO Q. CASIDO
Chairman
(SGD.) PEDRO D. OYAM
(SGD.) FRANCIS XAVIER F. HOW
Members
Attested to
(SGD.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR
Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards
Approved :
(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commissioner
(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA
(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD
Associate Commissioners
Chairman
(SGD.) PEDRO D. OYAM
(SGD.) FRANCIS XAVIER F. HOW
Members
Attested to
(SGD.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR
Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards
Approved :
(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commissioner
(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA
(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD
Associate Commissioners
ANNEX A
SYLLABI
MINING ENGINEERING LICENSURE EXAMINATION
SCOPE: THE EXAMINEES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES, TERMINOLOGY, AND THE APPLICATION OF SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN EACH PARTICULAR SUBJECT GIVEN IN THE LICENSURE EXAMINATION.
SYLLABI
MINING ENGINEERING LICENSURE EXAMINATION
SCOPE: THE EXAMINEES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES, TERMINOLOGY, AND THE APPLICATION OF SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN EACH PARTICULAR SUBJECT GIVEN IN THE LICENSURE EXAMINATION.
SUBJECT:
I. MINE ENGINEERING I
a) Mineral prospecting and exploration-methods and techniques, tools, instruments equipment, mapping and map interpretation diamond.II. MINE ENGINEERING II
b) Mine planning, design and development
c) Mining methods
d) Mine Ventillation
e) Rock mechanics in mine engineering
a) Mine economicsIII. MINE ENGINEERING III
b) Sampling principles
c) Computer applications
d) Mine and Mineral land surveying
e) Mining laws and ethics
a) General geology
b) Mineralogy and petrology
c) Economic geology
d) Structural geology
e) Principles of metallurgy
f) Mineral processing
g) Assaying
h) Ecology