The Chain Valley Colliery is an underground coal mine operating at the southern end of Lake Macquarie, approximately 60km south of Newcastle and directly adjacent to the Vales Point Power Station.

Mining at Chain Valley commenced back in 1962, with 2012 marking 50 years of operation. Mining has occurred in three separate coal seams, the Wallarah, Great Northern and Fassifern seams.

Current mining employs the use of miniwall mining (a similar process but narrower face width when compared to longwall mining, and the use of continuous miners for development.

About Damstra Technology

The Damstra Enterprise Protection Platform (EPP) is a contractor management system that allows our clients to manage their site-based workforce, contractors, and visitors. The EPP accurately captures and reports on employee skills, competencies, induction status, training, appointments, insurance, and total hours worked.

Damstra also offers an EPP Company Portal to contracting companies to assist in managing their employee’s compliance requirements.

Damstra’s EPP Portal allows companies to:

• Book and pay for new inductions, site familiarisations, and registrations for their employees
• Review employee qualifications and skills
• Update expiring qualifications, licenses, and skills
• Track employees’ times with daily and weekly cumulative totals
• Track employees’ timecards that include in/out times at each site
• Ensure employee safety with EPP Fatigue Management and EPP Alerts
• Manage company details, documents, and compliance requirements
• Add and terminate employees