Section Miner (Chrome Mine)

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

The site is in Bloemfontein; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Do the early entry examination and make the workplace safe before the crew enters

• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner
• 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
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required
• No serious safety transgressions in your record

• Experience in trackless mechanised sections
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved
• Medical aid and mine medical station access
• Housing or living-out allowance
• Pension fund with employer contributions

• Mines check your safety record with previous employers. Mention any safety awards or zero-harm periods your crew achieved.
• Be honest about any section 54 stoppages you were involved in and what you changed after.