Section Miner (Chrome Mine)

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

Location: Isando, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Record face advance, tons broken and support installed on the shift report
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling

• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required
• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner

• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• Experience in trackless mechanised sections

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

• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".
• Be honest about any section 54 stoppages you were involved in and what you changed after.