Shift Supervisor (Underground Coal)

This underground coal colliery near Hammarsdale 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 Hammarsdale (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Do the early entry examination and make the workplace safe before the crew enters
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast

• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• 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
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act

• Underground allowance for every shift below surface
• Medical aid and mine medical station access
• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved

• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".
• Mines check your safety record with previous employers. Mention any safety awards or zero-harm periods your crew achieved.