Shift Supervisor (Underground Coal)

You'll lead a crew safely through drilling, blasting and cleaning at the mechanised hard-rock mine near Lephalale. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

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

• Record face advance, tons broken and support installed on the shift report
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• 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
• 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
• Hold a start-of-shift safety talk and deal with any unsafe condition

• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required
• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Able to lead a crew of 8 to 20 people in a language they understand
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards

• Experience in trackless mechanised sections
• First aid certificate current

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

• 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.