Development Miner (Hard Rock)

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The chrome and manganese mine near Secunda needs your crew leadership. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The site is in Secunda; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition
• Report misfires straight away and handle them strictly by the procedure
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast

• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act
• 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
• No serious safety transgressions in your record

• First aid certificate current
• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses

• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved
• Housing or living-out allowance
• Medical aid and mine medical station access

• Mines check your safety record with previous employers. Mention any safety awards or zero-harm periods your crew achieved.
• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".