The SPA/MPQC Quarry passport — a joint Safety Pass Alliance and MPQC safety course for the quarrying and mineral products industry. Successful delegates also gain an MPQC Level 2 Award.
Two ways to take the SPA/MPQC Quarry passport with KeyOstas — choose the option that fits your team.
The SPA/MPQC Quarry passport is a safety qualification for the quarrying and mineral products industry, developed jointly by the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) and the Mineral Products Qualifications Council (MPQC). It covers the specific hazards of quarries and extraction sites, and successful delegates also gain an MPQC Level 2 Award. The passport is valid for three years.
Quarries and mineral products sites carry distinctive risks — mobile plant, ground stability, edge protection, dust and confined spaces. Because of that, MPQC and SPA built a dedicated passport with its own MPQC core day rather than the standard SPA Core Day. Exemptions are not accepted for the MPQC route. KeyOstas delivers it as an SPA-approved training provider, in public classrooms and in-company.
This is the quarrying and mineral products passport. If you work in another industry, a different SPA passport applies.
By the end of the training your team will hold a recognised quarry-industry safety passport and an MPQC Level 2 Award.
Identify danger areas, ground-stability risks and edge-protection needs.
Work safely around mobile plant, quarry vehicles and site transport.
Apply risk assessments, the hierarchy of control and safe systems of work.
Understand health and safety law as it applies to the extractives sector.
Understand dust, noise, vibration and hazardous-substance controls.
Apply environmental and pollution-control responsibilities on site.
The course content is set jointly by MPQC and the Safety Pass Alliance, built around the MPQC core day and the specific risks of the extractives sector.
Assessment is built into the course and leads to two outcomes.
Each module is followed by a short assessment paper covering the MPQC core day and the quarry sector content.
Beyond the passport, successful delegates are recorded for an MPQC Level 2 Award — a recognised credential in the minerals sector.
The Quarry passport is a joint SPA and MPQC qualification — it works a little differently to a standard SPA sector passport.
KeyOstas has delivered health, safety and environmental training across the UK since 1984.
A joint qualification recognised across the extractives sector.
Public classroom, live virtual classroom, or in-company at your premises.
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SPA courses are delivered by approved training providers. Here is what training with KeyOstas gives you.
KeyOstas has a long-standing partnership with the Safety Pass Alliance, so your passport is fully recognised across industry.
Four decades of health, safety and environmental training, led by experienced tutors with real industry backgrounds.
Public classroom dates and in-company training at your premises anywhere in the UK, including live virtual options.
We track your passport expiry and prompt you to rebook in good time, so your site access is never interrupted.
From first enquiry to passport, a dedicated team handles your booking, joining instructions and any tailored requirements.
KeyOstas holds strong independent reviews from learners and employers who return to us course after course.
KeyOstas delivers the full SPA passport range.
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