A training system has been developed to help coal companies structure a continuous miner operator training course. The system includes an instructor guide, supporting audio-visual materials, and an optional continuous miner part-task procedures trainer. The instructor guide identifies company specific information about the machine and mining conditions, and operator tasks that must be collected for the course and a recommended procedure for teaching the material. A part-task continuous miner procedures trainer has been developed to teach control familiarization, machine responses, and safe operating procedures that are applicable to room and pillar mining. The trainer consists of a cab with typical operating controls and a computer-generated graphics display that depicts a plan and elevation view of the miner as it maneuvers through a stylized mine. A continuous miner's sounds and maneuvers are produced in response to the trainee's manipulation of the controls.