Flotation Operator (Platinum Concentrator)

Keep throughput up and the plant stable at the coal washing plant near Klerksdorp. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

The work is in Klerksdorp, North West, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Check pumps, cyclones and thickeners on the plant walk
• Log plant readings and downtime on the shift log
• Clear blocked chutes safely under isolation
• Take samples at set times and bring them to the lab
• Adjust reagent dosing and air flow to hit recovery targets
• Start up, run and shut down crushers, screens and conveyors in sequence
• Watch mill loads, cell levels and densities on the SCADA screens

• At least 1 year operating a processing plant
• Comfortable around noise, dust and heights while wearing full PPE
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station
• MQA minerals processing certificate at NQF 2 or higher

• Forklift or overhead crane licence
• Laboratory or sampling experience

• Transport from surrounding towns
• Learnership opportunities toward a metallurgy qualification
• Shift allowances and overtime
• Medical aid and pension fund

• If you have worked in a control room, say which system and how many hours a shift you ran it.
• Put your maths and science marks on your CV if you are early in your career. Plants use them as a screen.