Miner (Blasting Certificate, Underground Stoping) – Fixed-Term

This deep-level gold mine near Lephalale needs a miner who makes every workplace safe before a single hole is drilled. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Lephalale (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Clear the area, post guards and blast on time as the blasting certificate allows
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Record face advance, tons broken and support installed on the shift report

• 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
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act

• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• Experience in trackless mechanised sections
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved
• Underground allowance for every shift below surface
• Housing or living-out allowance

• Be honest about any section 54 stoppages you were involved in and what you changed after.
• Write your blasting certificate number and date of issue near the top of the CV.