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Do You Want A Career In Mining? Apply To Become A General Miner At One Of South Africa’s Biggest Platinum Mine (4 Positions Available)
Do You Want A Career In Mining? Apply To Become A General Miner At One Of South Africa’s Biggest Platinum Mine
Sibanye-Stillwater is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Group, in line with the Company’s Employment Equity Plan.
Do You Want A Career In Mining? Apply To Become A General Miner At One Of South Africa’s Biggest Platinum Mine
| Minimum Required Qualification: |
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- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Blasting certificate
| The Appointee should: |
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- Clear security screening record.
- Grade 10 or equivalent
- Blasting certificate
- 2-3 years’ mining experience
- Valid first aid certificate
- Medically fit to work in the specific business area
| Key Responsibilities: |
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- SHE Supervision: • Maintain SHE standards within the work environment • Monitor compliance to SHE requirements in the work environment • Apply and comply to SHE standards in the work environment Quality Management System (QMS): • Comply with requirements of the Quality Management System Risk Assessments: • Participate in risk assessments and take appropriate action • Address workplace hazards and risks Task Analysis: • Conduct Task Analyses and take appropriate action to address identified risks Behavioural Based Safety: • Conduct Safety Behaviour Observations (SBO’s) SHEQ Investigations: • Participate in investigations into workplace incidents Cost Savings: • Identify cost saving and cash conservation opportunities • Safeguard company assets (fixed and working capital) Corporate Governance and Organisational Ethics: • Comply with legal requirements Mining Risk Management: • Identify and respond to Mining related risks Mining Supervision: • Monitor and control the Mining teams and processes • Provide effective problem solving support to the Mining teams Start of Day Preparation: • Check staffing figures at start of day and ensure that all Mining activities are adequately covered • Collect cap lamps, self rescuers, GDI’s and other necessary equipment Start of Shift Preparation: • Adhere to the Shaft schedule • Check material deliveries and allocate accordingly • Verify availability of underground services (air pressure, water, power, etc.) • Conduct start-of-shift Waiting Place procedures (Roll -call, team meeting, etc.) • Monitor and control Gang Cards • Sign-out the explosives key Entry Examination and Declaring Safe: • Conduct statutory examinations in the production section and daily entry examinations • Declare working area safe, prior to commencement of work activities Competent A (Underground Mining): • Determine velocity of air in a workplace by means of the tape method and take appropriate action • Determine environmental thermal conditions in an underground workplace by means of a whirling hygrometer and take appropriate action • Test for flammable gas in a mining environment by means of a hand held electronic instrument and take appropriate action • Make the workplace safe by means of barring
- • Monitor and control supporting of work area (temporary and permanent support) • Support an underground working place by means of: • temporary support units • elongated support units that are hydraulically stressed • packs • stope netting • rock bolts • backfilling (as required) • Assess poor quality support installations and take corrective actions Secondary Support: • Monitor and control supporting of work area (secondary support) • Assess poor quality support installations and take corrective actions SAFE & EFFECTIVE BLASTING PRACTICES: Marking: • Monitor and control face preparation team and process • Identify, demarcate, treat and remove misfires • Mark shot holes for primary and secondary blasting and support holes • Mark pre-conditioning blast holes Drilling: • Monitor and control face drilling team and process • Check that all holes are drilled to the correct depth and in the right direction Charging: • Monitor and control the charging team and process • Receive, handle, store and issue explosives and accessories at the workplace • Transport explosives from explosive containers to the workplace • Time and connect blast initiating systems Blasting: • Monitor and control blasting team and process • Conduct section clearance prior to blasting • Test the blast initiation system and confirm with the control room and connect to the blast initiation system • Conduct secondary blasting operations (as required) • Support and assist with blasting operations (blast guards, etc.) • Conduct face profiling and blast hole surveys (Check socket lengths and positions, over breaking, face advance, etc. and identify non-conformances) Removal of Brocken Rock (Cleaning & Sweeping): • Monitor and control cleaning and sweeping team and process • Make area safe prior to cleaning and sweeping • Determine the location of winches DEVELOPMENT: • Monitor and control Development team and activities Construction: • Monitor and control underground construction activities Ventilation Controls: • Monitor and control the installation and upgrading of the ventilation system TRAMMING: • Monitor and control Tramming activities Secondary Blasting: • Remove broken rock blockages by means of blasting Maintenance: • Monitor and control underground maintenance activities Housekeeping: • Monitor and control housekeeping team and processEnd of Shift Hand-Over: • Conduct end of shift Waiting Place procedures (close services, etc.) • Check that all clock cards have been issued and clear the shift at Waiting Place • Sign-in explosive key at end of shift • Hand in Gang Cards to HC Reporting: • Update Shift Communication Log book with shift activities completed, any problems and instructions that need to be addressed • Update the Miners Log Book
How to apply?
To apply use the following link https://sbsess.sibanyestillwater.com/Account/recruitment and then click on “View Available Vacancies”, you will then see all the vacancies available including the Learnership opportunity available. If the platform is not working/down, contact Gomolemo Kgaratshe on the following 0144952563
DEADLINE: 17 April 2024
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