Shift Supervisor (Underground Coal)

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The deep-level gold mine near Kathu needs your crew leadership. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

This post is in Kathu (Northern Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Clear the area, post guards and blast on time as the blasting certificate allows
• 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
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• Report misfires straight away and handle them strictly by the procedure
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast

• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act
• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• No serious safety transgressions in your record

• First aid certificate current
• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• Shift Supervisor certificate or Mine Overseer learning

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

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