Miner Secondary Breaking at De Beers Group

Job Description
The Miner - Secondary Breaking is responsible for ensuring that he/she drill, prepares, charge, high hang-ups and blast big rocks inside the draw-points.

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Assessing the status of all draw points being ready for production – ready for drilling and secondary blasting
• safe and efficient preparation and charging of oversize rocks and hung-up draw points with explosives
• Coordinates the secondary hang-up rigs activities
• Safe storage, handling, transportation of explosives within the SLC section
• Coordinating and monitoring the relevant mining activities to ensure adherence to mine standards and operational targets
• Planning activities in accordance with the mining plan and allocating resources as required
• Coordinating shift hand over at the beginning of the shift by checking relevant documentation, the required physical mining activities and communicating tasks to team members of the relevant mining crew

This role is in the Mining Department at a Band 8 Level and reporting to the Shift Boss.
Qualifications
Education required:

• Grade 12 / N3 / Equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification
• Blasting Certificate for Underground Hard Rock / Equivalent Qualification
• Required classification as per VTS testing for specific role (Orange)
• Computer Literacy - MS Office Suite (Word/Excel/Power Point/Outlook)
• Valid EB/Code 8 Drivers License

Experience & knowledge required:

• Minimum of 3 years underground mining experience of which at least 1 year must have included the supervisory skills of planning, organising, leading and controlling

Sound knowledge and experience of:

• Underground mining practices and operations
• Secondary breaking in SLC draw points
• Sub-level Caving/ Block Cave mining experience
• Knowledge of Explosives Regulations (MHSA Chapter 4)
• Safety, Health and Environmental Legislation and standards applicable to underground mining
• Massive Mining (SLC & Block Caving) experience (Advantageous)

Other requirements:

• Be prepared to work shifts, do standby duties, call-outs, and work overtime as per what the role may require
• Must have strong administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure, be independent and a self-starter
• Medical Certificate of Fitness to work underground. Medical assessment will include vertigo and claustrophobia amongst others. Able to tolerate physical exertion
• The post is dependent on the successful completion of the Company’s pre-employment protocol such as qualifications verification, relevant psychometric and technical assessments and security clearance

Closing Date: 17th, July 2022