Miner (Conventional Gold Mining) – Immediate Start

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The chrome and manganese mine near Bellville needs your crew leadership. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll report in Bellville. Relocation is not covered for this one. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

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

• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• 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
• No serious safety transgressions in your record

• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved
• Pension fund with employer contributions
• Underground allowance for every shift below surface

• 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.