Section Miner (Chrome Mine) – Permanent

This underground platinum mine near Secunda needs a miner who makes every workplace safe before a single hole is drilled. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is in Secunda (Mpumalanga). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• 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
• 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
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Do the early entry examination and make the workplace safe before the crew enters
• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw

• Able to lead a crew of 8 to 20 people in a language they understand
• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• 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
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training

• Experience in trackless mechanised sections
• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

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

• 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.