Roof Bolter Operator (Underground Coal)

Operators at this underground platinum mine using trackless mobile machinery near Phalaborwa keep the ore moving from face to crusher. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

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

• Refuel and wash the machine at the end of your shift where required
• Push and level material on dumps and stockpiles with the dozer
• Complete the pre-use inspection checklist for your trackless mobile machine
• Keep radio contact with the dispatch controller and follow the right-of-way rules
• Report defects and lock out the machine for the maintenance crew

• Able to work 12-hour shifts on a rotating day and night roster
• Certificate of fitness from a mine medical practitioner
• Grade 10 at minimum, with Grade 12 strongly preferred
• Code 10 or Code 14 driver's licence
• At least 2 years operating the machine in a mining environment

• Fatigue management or defensive driving training
• Machine training instructor experience

• Medical aid subsidy
• Company bus from nearby towns to the mine gate
• Shift allowance for night and weekend shifts

• Put your operator certificate expiry dates on the CV. Expired tickets are the top reason operators get filtered out.
• Name the exact machine class and size you operated, like "100-ton rigid dump truck". Mines hire by machine.