Texas Holmes Councils Officers Contact Information

The Professional Miner Program

The National Holmes Council has announced the new Professional Miner Program.  Applications for those applying can be downloaded off the National Holmes web site or you may file it online. If you are submitting an application for the Professional Miner Program, please do not forget to send a copy of it to your corresponding Texas Holmes Council.

If you are unfamiliar with the new Professional Miner Program and would like to know more about it, please click here.

Who May Apply
Miners can apply for one of the three different levels of the Professional Miner Program:

• Professional Miner Platinum Level: Miners with No Reportable Injuries over a 5 year period.
• Professional Miner Gold Level: Miners with No Reportable Injuries over a 3 year period.
• Professional Miner Silver Level: Miners with No Lost Time Injuries over a 3 year period.

The first ever group of miners to be recognized under the Professional Miner Program at the National Mining Academy in Beckley, West Virginia happened on August 20, 2004.  Included in the program were two individuals from Texas, Elaine Haussecker and Joseph Krause both from TXI Bridgeport Sand and Gravel. Read more about it here.