The Safety Awareness Course is usually only available for people over 18 who want to register a mining claim.

In a bid to make the students work ready the school asked the department to conduct the course so the students will have an extra qualifications when they leave school.

The course was available to senior students and careers advisor Chris Riesinger said it was a great opportunity for them to increase their learning about safety.

"They've never offered this course for students anywhere in Australia, as far as I know, it's always open to people who want to get their mine claims and everything who have to be 18, but because these kids are in a mining town, they've been going down mines all their lives anyway, so it was really good for the opportunity to get this done while they're at school."

She said the school tried to offer as many courses as possible to increase the students' employment chances when they left school.

"They're realising that it's necessary to be work ready, because the more courses that they can do before they leave school, the more employable they will be," she said.

"They all get their occupational health and safety certificate and first aid (certificate), so if they walk in with those certificates, the company really likes it, because they don't have to pay for them to go through the courses, they've got someone there at that extra level. It's getting them at the grassroots level."

The course was basically the same as miners have to do before registering a claim, with a few modifications for the students.

Ms Riesinger said she was pleased with the support the community gave in helping the students achieve their best.

"The mines department has really supported us with this, and we greatly appreciate that. And it's been other groups from the community as well. So without that support the kids would miss out on a lot of things. They're already in an isolated community. Without everyone working together it wouldn't have happened," she said.