Development Miner (Hard Rock)

This mechanised hard-rock mine near Mokopane needs a miner who makes every workplace safe before a single hole is drilled. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a mechanised hard-rock mine on the Mokopane side of Limpopo.

• Record face advance, tons broken and support installed on the shift report
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling

• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• 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
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training

• First aid certificate current
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

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

• Be honest about any section 54 stoppages you were involved in and what you changed after.
• Mines check your safety record with previous employers. Mention any safety awards or zero-harm periods your crew achieved.