Development Miner (Hard Rock) – Experienced

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The deep-level gold mine near Burgersfort needs your crew leadership. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

You'll be based at a deep-level gold mine in Burgersfort. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• Record face advance, tons broken and support installed on the shift report
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition

• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner
• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training

• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• Experience in trackless mechanised sections

• Medical aid and mine medical station access
• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved
• Underground allowance for every shift below surface

• Be honest about any section 54 stoppages you were involved in and what you changed after.
• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".