Miner (Conventional Gold Mining)

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The deep-level gold mine near Potchefstroom needs your crew leadership. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a deep-level gold mine on the Potchefstroom side of North West.

• 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
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition

• 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
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• No serious safety transgressions in your record

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

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

• 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".