Miner (Conventional Gold Mining)

Underground, the miner sets the pace and the safety standard. This underground coal colliery near Johannesburg CBD needs that person. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is an underground coal colliery on the Johannesburg CBD side of Gauteng. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition
• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast

• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• Able to lead a crew of 8 to 20 people in a language they understand
• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required

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

• Housing or living-out allowance
• Medical aid and mine medical station access
• Underground allowance for every shift below surface
• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved

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