Section Ventilation Officer C5 (Thabazimbi) at Anglo American

Job Description:
Job responsibilities include:

• Sets daily-, weekly- and monthly ventilation and occupational hygiene routine schedules.
• Determines the need for and assists in the development of ventilation and occupational hygiene procedures and standards as well as acting on ventilation and occupational hygiene-related legislation.
• Advises on changes to plans and schedules to minimize the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices and stopping the operation if the working conditions are unsafe/unhealthy.
• Maintain Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene strategies and systems.
• Conduct risk assessments and participate in audits.
• Conducts daily ventilation and occupational hygiene inspections and records findings and report findings and recommends appropriate interventions.
• Computer literate in MS Office and all other specialized technical programs would be normally associated with ventilation and hygiene reporting in a mining environment.
• This role is at a C5 level reporting to the Shaft Ventilation Engineer.

Qualifications:

• Practical certificate in Mine Environmental Control.
• Chamber of Mines Intermediate Certificate in Mine Environmental Control.
• Registered with the Mine Ventilation Society on Intermediate level.”
• Formal training or practical experience in: Certificate in Environmental Health.
• Certificate in Occupational Hygiene
• Certificate in Occupational Hygiene Risk Assessment
• Certificate in Occupational Hygiene Legislation will be advantageous