Miner at Anglo American

Job Description

As our Miner, you will be responsible for the following:

• Identifying hazards and assess risks which employees working under his charge may be exposed to
• Conducting safe declaration and inspection of working areas
• Exercising control over all explosives to be used for blasting at those working places for which the competent person is responsible prepare primers
• Examining any shot hole to be deepened to ensure it is safe to deepen; prepare primers
• Examining for and deal with misfires and sockets, in accordance with the blasting procedure
• Marking or indicating shot holes for drilling or to authorize the drilling of shot holes marked or indicated by another person authorized to do so
• Exercising control over any manufacturing at the working places for which such competent person is responsible for, of pourable or pumpable explosives to be used
• Connecting blasting rounds or circuits
• Charging shot holes with explosives or place explosive charges
• Ensuring safe evacuation of people and equipment to ensure that they are not exposed to blasting related incidents
• Declaring working areas safe after blasting has taken place

This role is in the Mining department on a band 7 level and reporting to the Supervisor Blasting.

Qualifications

You will be required to have the following:

• Grade 12/N3
• DMR Blasting Certificate for Open Cast Mines or MQA Rock Breaking issued prior 1 June 2017
• 3 years Blasting experience
• Knowledge of the Explosives act & MHSA REG. Chapter 4.
• Code 08 Drivers License
• Computer Literacy
• FLM/BMP will serve as a recommendation
• A2 Safety Training will be an advantage