Shift Supervisor (Underground Coal)

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The chrome and manganese mine near Middelburg (MP) needs your crew leadership. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The site is in Middelburg (MP); early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying.

• Clear the area, post guards and blast on time as the blasting certificate allows
• Bar down loose rock and install support to the section's support standard
• Test for flammable gas and check ventilation before and after blasting
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw

• At least 3 years underground, with at least 1 as a certificated miner
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• 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
• Able to lead a crew of 8 to 20 people in a language they understand

• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses
• First aid certificate current

• Housing or living-out allowance
• Underground allowance for every shift below surface
• Medical aid and mine medical station access
• 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.
• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".