Development Miner (Hard Rock)

You'll lead a crew safely through drilling, blasting and cleaning at the chrome and manganese mine near Midrand. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is Midrand-based, with most of your time spent at a chrome and manganese mine.

• Record face advance, tons broken and support installed on the shift report
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Clear the area, post guards and blast on time as the blasting certificate allows
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling

• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• Able to lead a crew of 8 to 20 people in a language they understand
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner

• Experience in trackless mechanised sections
• First aid certificate current
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

• Underground allowance for every shift below surface
• Housing or living-out allowance
• Pension fund with employer contributions
• Medical aid and mine medical station access

• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".
• Write your blasting certificate number and date of issue near the top of the CV.