Shift Supervisor (Underground Coal)

This underground platinum mine near Benoni needs a miner who makes every workplace safe before a single hole is drilled. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

The work is in Benoni, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• 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
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast

• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner
• Able to lead a crew of 8 to 20 people in a language they understand
• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• 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
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

• Medical aid and mine medical station access
• Housing or living-out allowance
• Underground allowance for every shift below surface

• Write your blasting certificate number and date of issue near the top of the CV.
• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".