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  • Posted: May 24, 2024
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  • Omnia is a diversified Group that conducts research and development, manufactures and supplies chemicals and specialised services and solutions for the agriculture, mining and chemicals application industries. Differentiation is ensured by using innovation combined with intellectual capital, whereby Omnia adds value for customers at various stages of the ...
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    Blasting Engineer - Opencast/Surface

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12 (with Maths)
    • Degree (Mining or Mechanical or Explosives Engineering)
    • Explosivies Engineering Certificate
    • Blasting ticket (Open Cast)Blasting ticket (Open Cast)

    Added Advantage 

    • BSc in Engineering (Post graduate degree in mining engineering, geotechnology, geology or seismology)
    • Trained in the application of blast monitoring equipment (AXXIS Technology)

    Experience

    • 3-5 years' continuous working experience in blasting technical services and consulting in the field of blasting
    • 2-3 years' Proven track record in a blasting technology environment
    • 2-3 years' Technical report writing experience
    • 2-3 years' Project management

    Duties 

    • To undertake the development and testing of blasting optimisation technology in order to provide the highest quality blasting products and services available.
    • To conduct and manage blasting risk assessments, blast optimisation designs, blast performance results and specialist blast designs and numerical modelling for critical blasts and submit relevant reports.
    • To ensures that all the requirements of the Mine Health and Safety Act, OHS Act, and statutory requirements within the department/remit thus ensuring effective management of SHERQ and adherence to stipulated disciplines for continuous improvement of occupational Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality that impact on any organisation.
    • To stay abreast of global technical advances in the field of blasting, and develop and implement policies, procedures and processes to ensure process excellence and continual process improvement.
    • To assist in providing advanced technical training for blasting engineers and clients.

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    Process Engineer - Sasolburg

    Qualifications

    • Matric (Maths and Science)
    • BSc Chemical Engineering

    Experience

    • 3 - 8 years Industrial Experience.

    Duties

    To ensure process safety adherence:

    • Prevent occupational and process safety incidents by implementing integral safe design principles.
    • Conducting risk assessments for tasks and process deviations.
    • Facilitating Design Reviews, risk assessments and Hazop Studies to minimise risks of new projects.
    • Find root causes and mitigating actions to prevent/eliminate safety incidents.

    Drive high performance targets with the team:

    • Process development and process design.
    • Driving focused and continuous improvement.
    • Review expense report and correct deviations.
    • Correct performance deviations.
    • Communicate progress to performance indicators to all levels.
    • Identify process deviations, their root causes and take corrective action.
    • Ensure reliability of processes.
    • Managing costs according to budget.
    • Providing technical support to production facility.
    • Mass and Energy balancing.
    • Developing process flowsheets, schematics, process and instrumentation diagrams and control flowsheets.
    • Continuous Improvement of processes.
    • Equipment sizing, procurement and Commissioning.

    Effective project and team management:

    • Frequent engagement with Production and other relevant stakeholders.
    • Resource & Project Management.
    • Factoring safety risk, maintenance costs, capital expense into plans.
    • Procuring equipment, instrumentation, piping and valves.
    • Testing control loops.
    • Lead in Pre, cold & hot Commissioning.
    • Establishing Basis of Design, conducting feasibility studies and responsible for BEP and managing EPC for projects.

    To ensure quality adherence:

    • Monitor and take corrective action on quality deviations.
    • Ensure projects undertaken are executed to specified standard and with excellence.

    Excellent & systematic administration:

    • Proper written communication and interpretation.
    • Preparing papers on Capital expenditure requests detailing financial costs versus benefits for projects.
    • Writing reports, preparing presentations, creating graphs from data (data reporting), Sending emails, running meetings, text, social media savvy.

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    Mechanical Engineer - Sasolburg

    Qualifications

    • Matric (Maths and Science)
    • BSc Mechanical Engineering
    • ECSA – PR.Eng. (Will be an advantage)

    Experience

    • 6 - 10 years Industrial Experience
    • Six sigma green belt will be an advantage

    Duties

    To ensure process safety adherence:

    • Prevent occupational and process safety incidents by implementing integral safe design principles.
    • Conducting risk assessments for tasks and process deviations.
    • Facilitating Design Reviews, risk assessments and Hazop Studies to minimise risks of new projects.
    • Find root causes and mitigating actions to prevent/eliminate safety incidents.

    Drive high performance targets with the team:

    • Process development and mechanical design.
    • Driving focused and continuous improvement.
    • Review expense report and correct deviations.
    • Correct performance deviations.
    • Communicate progress to performance indicators to all levels.
    • Identify process deviations, their root causes and take corrective action.
    • Ensure reliability of processes.
    • Managing costs according to budget.
    • Providing technical support to production facility.
    • Equipment sizing, procurement and Commissioning.

    Effective project and team management:

    • Frequent engagement with Production and other relevant stakeholders.
    • Resource & Project Management.
    • Factoring safety risk, maintenance costs, capital expense into plans.
    • Procuring equipment, instrumentation, piping and valves.
    • Testing control loops.
    • Team member in Pre, cold & hot Commissioning.
    • Responsible for BEP and managing EPC for projects.

    To ensure quality adherence:

    • Monitor and take corrective action on reliability issues.
    • Ensure projects undertaken are executed to specified standard and with excellence.

    Excellent & systematic administration:

    • Proper written communication and interpretation.
    • Preparing papers on Capital expenditure requests detailing financial costs versus benefits for projects.
    • Writing reports, preparing presentations, creating graphs from data (data reporting), Sending emails, running meetings, text, social media savvy.

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    MES Developer - Sasolburg

    Qualifications

    • BSc Information Technology/ BSc Computer Science

    Experience

    • At least 1–2-year experience in Software development.

    Duties

    • Perform engineering and software development within the MES environment
    • Perform integration with process control systems
    • Develop interfaces to integrate with other systems
    • Assist with the development and support of the MES framework
    • Participate in the full software development life cycle

    Job Competencies

    • High aptitude for programming and problem solving
    • Ability to work independently.
    • Passion to keep abreast of the latest technologies and development environments.
    • High competence levels in at least one application programming language (preferably C#).
    • Relation Database and Web Development programming capability preferable.

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    Scheduler - Sasolburg

    Qualifications

    • Matric / equivalent 
    • Diploma: Logistics

    Experience

    • 3 – 5 Years’ Experience in a Logistics or Supply Chain environment                                                               

    Duties

    Scheduling of all outbound loads to Customers and Depots: 

    • Schedule loads, Liaise with depots and reps
    • Create batch orders for bagging plant
    • Liaise with bagging plant on product availability as well as production schedules

    Finalizing / scheduling master plan:

    •  Liaise with BU's for finalizing the planning of packing and allocation of final product

    Calculating Blends:

    • Calculate blends and optimise BOM if needed

    Co-ordinate inbound raw material and outbound finished goods logistics:

    • Liaise with transporters, procurement, production, marketing and bagging to move material as and when required

    Plan and Optimize freight logistics to minimize costs:

    • Map, understand and improve product flows
    • Minimize working capital requirements based on the Just-in-time principle and drive best practice behaviour

    Communicate regularly up and down the Omnia Value chain to ensure all parties are aware of the status of stock movements:

    • Communication to key individuals

    Gain market intelligence from transporters and other stakeholders and feed as much information as possible into the supply chain and production circles:

    • Network with external and internal stakeholders

    Job Competencies

    Knowledge :

    • Competent in Microsoft Office

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    Blaster (Khathu)

    Qualifications

    • Grade12/ Matric  with Mathematics 
    • Blasting Ticket Permit (PDP)
    • Magazine Master Certificate

    Experience

    • 2 years  demonstrated Blasting/ Blasting Assistance experience
    • 3 years’ demonstrated experience in Mining /Explosive environment

    Duties

    • To ensure that the correct accessories necessary to carry out the blasting assignment are drawn from the magazine once the blast design / accessory order is received where applicable
    • Ensures that inspections of the vehicle are completed and that the pre-use checklist filled in   prior to the use of the accessory transport vehicle
    • Ensures that all the tasks necessary for preparing the blast are carried out in accordance with statutory/legal/BME requirements, including priming, pumping and stemming, timing design, as well as all the SHERQ requirements
    • Approves the blasting after ensuring the safety of the area and that the all the required pre-blast procedures have been correctly carried out
    • Ensures that the required inspections are made
    • Responsible for declaring the area safe after the blast
    • Ensures that the necessary administration and reporting are completed
    • Supervises the work of Blasting Assistants and mixer-placer trucks
    • Deals with unacceptable behaviour
    • Escalates serious offences to Foreman
    • Allocates relevant housekeeping tasks to the blasting team and ensures completion thereon

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    Magazine Master - Kathu

    Qualifications: 

    • Grade 12 / Matric ( with Mathematics)
    • Certified as Magazine Master with CIE
    • Blasting Assistant Certificate  fromThe Minning Qualifications Authority
    • Competent A Certificate  fromThe Minning Qualifications Authority (Desirable)
    • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email)

    Job Related Skills:

    • Enters the detail of the delivery in the Register Book
    • Takes responsibility for the security of the company’s assets stored in the magazine
    • Performs a daily physical stock take
    • Compares and reconciles the physical stock amounts to the Register Book
    • Identifies, corrects and reports any discrepancies on a daily basis
    • Reports weekly stock count figures to Administrator
    • Follows FIFO principles in organising dispatches
    • Monitors age of stock and informs the Explosives Coordinator for taking further action
    • Ensures that all the requirements of SHERQ, legal and mine procedures are met

    Experience

    • 2 years Blasting Assistant experience
    • Supervisory experience
    • Transportation and storage of blasting accessories / explosives
    • A valid Drivers Licence for applicable explosives vehicle
    • Valid Police Clearance Certificate

    Duties

    • Receives finished blasting accessories / explosives from the plant as well as other orders placed by the Explosives Coordinator
    • Ensures that explosives are off-loaded and packed in the magazine in an orderly, secure and safe manner
    • Checks received blasting accessories / explosives against the delivery note and signs it
    • Books the newly arrived load into the Register Book
    • Verifies the physical delivery with the driver
    • Informs the Explosives Coordinator for further action when discrepancies are detected
    • Receives Schedule of Orders from the Scheduling Coordinator
    • Checks that the Continuous Transport Permit (CTP) corresponds to the order
    • Completes the pre-issue checklist to make sure that the vehicle and driver comply with all prescriptions, prior to loading of the order
    • Requests the driver to rectify the matter or otherwise contacts the Explosives Coordinator for higher level action in the event of non-compliance
    • Signs and files the checklist in the event of compliance
    • Ensures that the order is moved from the magazine, loaded and stacked on to the accessories transport vehicle in and orderly and safe manner
    • Makes out a Delivery Note / Requisition for the order and hands over a copy to the driver and a copy to the Administrator

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    Maintenance controller (Mechanical)

    Qualifications

    • N3 or 4 Engineering
    • Red Seal Trade Certificate – Fitter or Fitter and Turner
    • CRMP - Certified Reliability Maintenance Professional (Advantage)

    Experience

    • 5-8 Years Experience in a Maintenance Environment as an Artisan
    • Specialised in specific engineering equipment
    • 3 Years Experience managing people

    Duties

    • Employee Relations
    • Work allocation
    • Artisan Training
    • Team Performance Measurement
    • Employee Development Discussion
    • Disciplinary Actions
    • Ensure Statutory compliance
    • Ensure safe work procedures are followed
    • Execution of PPM & Strategic maintenance work
    • Execution of PPM and Strategic Maintenance Inspections
    • Strategic fault finding
    • Spares Procurement or Usage
    • Down time and incident reporting on strategic equipment
    • Over inspections
    • Manage the Schedules for PPM
    • PPM QC Feedback
    • Drive 5S principles
    • Review Artisan performance
    • Review Artisan Utilisation
    • Liaise with operations team leads

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    Blasting Technician - Kathu

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12 
    • Bachelor’s degree in Mining/Engineering or equivalent.
    • Blasting Ticket

    Experience

    • 2 years demonstrated experience in mining / explosives environment
    • 2 years demonstrated experience in surface blasting
    • 2 years demonstrated experience in AXXIS mining technology or equivalent 

      Advantageous Requirements

    • 2 years demonstrated experience in AXXIS mining technology or equivalent 

    Duties

    • Provide technical support and advice to the Operations and clients about the implementation of, training on, blasts. 
    • Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management.
    • Must be able to build and maintain good internal and external customer relationships.
    • Must be willing to perform any physical work in the field related to the usage of the monitoring equipment and analyse the performance thereof.
    • Highly motivated self-started with unquestionable high levels of integrity.
    • A strong desire to learn and progress in the field Blasting technology.

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    Fitter (Middelburg)

    Key Relationships

    • Management Team
    • Support Teams
    • Production

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12 or equivalent
    • Artisan (Trade Test)
    • A wireman’s license would be an advantage

    Experience

    • 3 years demonstrated experience in plant maintenance as an Artisan.
    • 2 years demonstrated maintenance experience in a production / explosives environment

    Advantageous:

    • 1 year demonstrated plant related mechanical experience

    Duties

    • Attend to all breakdowns
    • Responsible for all daily routine equipment inspections.
    • Responsible for installing and commissioning of small projects.
    • Carry out all planned maintenance schedules for the plant in liaison with all stakeholders.
    • Provide support to production to ensure that all maintenance work is consistent and of a high quality.
    • Reduce plant stoppages, breakdowns.
    • Ensure the highest level of workmanship is maintained when maintaining critical equipment.
    • Attend to all breakdowns and callouts (Standby duties apply)
    • Adhere to safety standards and procedures
    • Maintenance of PLC’s and field instrumentation (Level, pressure, temperature and flow)
    • Occasionally assist with electrical work when necessary.

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    Product Support Manager AXXIS - Strijdom Park

    Qualifications

    • Certificate in Explosives Management Systems
    • Surface Rock Breaking Certificate (blasting licence)
    • Assessor certificate 
    • Degree or diploma in Explosives Management Systems

    Experience

    •  5 years of demonstrated experience electronic blasting systems management     
    •  2 years of mining experience including mining, blasting, blast auditing and reporting.
    •  Previous experience as a facilitator and assessor

    Duties

    • Enhancing service delivery. 
    • Planning and organizing to meet orders on blasting equipment 
    • Monthly report to BME management and Mines regarding support and training. 
    • Training of mine personnel.
    • Assessments of trainees up to certification 
    • Implementation of AXXIS initiation system to new clients. 
    • Client support related to the AXXIS products
    • Investigate product-related issues regarding quality, failures and performances
    • Ensuring the correct procedures are followed regarding AXXIS SOP’s  
    • Responsible to ensure that all the requirements of the OSH Act, and statutory prescriptions (at a minimum) are met on the site. 
    • Presenting of the current product to new clients.

    Job Competencies

    • Adhering to Principles & Values    
    • Planning and Organising    
    • Problem Solving   
    • Good communication skills    
    • Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

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    Technical Cruise Technician - Kathu

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12 
    • Blasting Assistants Certificate
    • Valid driver’s licence

    Qualification / Professional Membership

    • Blasting Ticket 
    • AET, AET Advanced

    Experience

    • 2 years demonstrated experience in surface blasting.

    Duties

    • To provide technical support and advice to the Operations and clients about the quality of drilled holes. The position also conducts blast performance assessments utilising equipment like VOD, vibrations, and videography.
    • To assist with all the relevant training and risk management documentation 
    • Ensuring compliance with Mine Health and Safety Act and adherence to stipulated disciplines for continuous improvement of occupational Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality that impact on the organisation. 
    • Promoting a safety conscious culture and ensuring adherence to all legislation. 
    • Conduct and evaluate blast results using databases, instrumentation, blasting software’s (e.g. BME BlastMap software) 
    • Write feedback reports as per requirements 

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    Operations Manager - Opencast/Surface

    Qualifications

    • Grade12
    • Degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent
    • Blasting Ticket

    Experience

    • 5 years demonstrated experience in managing multiple portfolio operations/site within mining/resource environment.
    • 3 years’ demonstrated experience in business development in a mining/explosive’s environment 
    • 3 years’ demonstrated experience in people management 
    • 3 years demonstrated SHERQ management experience in mining/ explosive environment

    Duties

    Site production targets achieved. 

    • Implement and report on annual business plans thus ensuring efficient and effective management of finances, employees and assists in such a manner as to accomplish the objectives of the organisation. 
    • Effectively manage the operational service delivery value chain through a whole series of activities to create and build value at every step in accordance with the organisational vision. 
    • Ensure efficient and effective management of finances in such a manner as to accomplish the strategic objectives of the organisation. 

    Serviced clients. 

    • To analyse customer requirements using applicable technology and knowledge, recommend solutions and resolve related problems accordingly.
    • Define, development and implement policies, procedures and processes to ensure process excellence and continual process improvement. 
    • Effective relationships in the company and with relevant external stakeholders to deliver on the mandate of the role. 

    Prevented waste 

    • Effectively manage stock to obtain and preserve a suitable assortment of goods while also keeping track of all orders, shipping and handling, and other related costs. 

    SHERQ compliant site(s) 

    • Ensures that all the requirements of the Mine Health and Safety Act, OHS Act, and statutory requirements within the department/remit thus ensuring effective management of SHERQ and adherence to stipulated disciplines for continuous improvement of occupational Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality that impact on the organisation. 

    Enabled production unit – material, people, budget, 

    • Manage all aspects of human capital through the HR value chain and in accordance with legislation. 
    • Effective manage the maintenance of equipment, vehicles and assets thus ensuring adherence to processes and procedures. 
    • Identify, implement and manage employee development and skills transfer through various on boarding and training initiatives. 

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    NMU Operator (Explosives Truck)

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12 / Matric with Mathematics
    • EC  Licence
    • Dangerous Goods and Passengers permit (DGP)
    • Code 14 Drivers License 

    Experience

    • 3 years Truck Driving experience (preferably in a Mining environment)
    • 5 years’ experience in driving Heavy Duty Vehicles (EC ) 

    Duties

    • Conduct the prescribed pre-use inspections and completion of the checklist prior to the use of the truck
    • Ensure that immediate corrections or repairs must be brought about before driving off when any problems in the red category are detected
    • Make the necessary corrections or repairs in the event of detecting any problems in the blue category, on site if possible, otherwise to report this for correction within 24 hours
    • Signing the checklist and ensuring  that it is also signed off by the Foreman and the mechanic
    • Calibrates the instrumentation on the truck plant to ensure that all metrics remain correct or after major repairs were done on the vehicle, on a monthly basis
    • Cleans the vehicle on an ongoing basis so that it is presentable in the eye of the public and takes personal pride in it
    • Complete Truck Performance administration on a daily basis 
    • Greases, captures and signs off the truck on a weekly basis
    • Calibrating the sample required scale daily
    • Drives the truck safely and responsibly in all weather conditions and on all road surface conditions when picking up or delivering product to the blasting site that they are  responsible for
    • Ensures that all the prescribed legal paperwork is in the truck (e.g., copies of manufacturing permits, CTP, TTP, as stated in work instruction)
    • Supervises the loading of the truck at the silos with the required product by the Truck Assistant
    • Ensures that all SHERQ requirements are met
    • Receives the charging instruction from the Blaster
    • Carries out an inspection of all the holes and measures and records them to ensure that they are drilled to the correct depth
    • Reports any out of spec holes to the Blaster
    • Performs calculations to determine the correct mass of product to be loaded in each hole and reports any discrepancies to the Foreman
    • Inspects all the pumps and settings prior to commencing with the pumping process
    • Takes a sample of the product and then analyses it to assess the product density prior to commencing the charging process
    • Reports any out of spec analyses to the Foreman and will only start the pumping when completely satisfied with the product quality
    • Reports any out of spec settings or equipment to the Foreman and will only start the pumping when completely satisfied with the mechanics of the process
    • Engages the pumping process and loading the holes according to the design specs while ensuring all prescribed SHERQ requirements are met
    • Takes a sample of the product as per BME standards, and/or customer requirements, to ensure that the product quality remains within spec and records it on the sheet provided
    • Performs general administrative duties such as correct completion of loading sheets, pre-use checklists, as per BME standards
    • Complete grease schedules, calibrations and truck performance
    • Supervises the work of the Truck Assistant

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    Operations Foreman - Opencast/Surface

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12
    • Blasting Ticket
    • Blasting Assistant Certificate MQA
    • Competent A Certificate – MQA

    Experience

    • 3 years’ demonstrated experience in supervising employees.
    • 3 years’ demonstrated experience in responsibility for managing costs. 
    • 5 years’ demonstrated experience as Blaster or Truck Operator (including surface mining/blasting, blast reports, and seismograph.) 

    Duties

    • Works closely with internal and external customers in order to assess needs and plan operations accordingly
    • Plans and organises the availability to resources, in order to meet customer’s requests 
    • Ensures that the assets of the company are protected from theft and damage 
    • Responsible for the operation rollers, bending press and Guillotine  
    • Organises, schedules and coordinates building off explosives truck tanks in order to facilitate the smooth, timeous flow of deliveries. 
    • Administers stocks and continuous stock availability by ensuring that paperwork such as store stock are up to date and reconciled
    • Ensures that all administration, documents, storage of information are kept according to    BME standards
    • Provides inputs into the annual budgeting process in line with the objectives of the department 
    • Identifies cost saving initiatives while balancing customer requirements
    • Ensures that the necessary incident investigations take place 
    • Ensures that required staff training is up to date
    • Ensures that the impact of production processes on environment are understood by staff and appropriately monitored
    • Ensures that suitable employees are recruited 
    • Plans daily/ weekly/ monthly scheduling of work/shift allocations 
    • Ensures induction for new staff members
    • Ensures that all staff are given the required training in accordance with work requirements

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    General Assistant (RoG) - Kathu

    Qualifications

    • Grade 12 / Matric with Maths 
    • Code 08 / Code B Drivers Licence
    • Magazine Master Ticket
    • Blasting Assistant Certificate (obtanied from the Minning Qualifications Authority)
    • Stemming Loader

    Job Related Skills:

    • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
    • Numerical skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Strong communication/interpersonal skills
    • Report-writing abilities

    Experience

    • Previous experience in  Blasting / Mining environment
    • 2 years Blasting Assistant experience

    Duties

    • Risk assessment and Safe work declarations to be done with the blaster at the place of work before entering workplace as per client requirements  
    • Assisting the blaster for preparing the blast / charge-up area by meeting all the statutory, legal, client and BME requirements/standards/prescriptions
    • Together with the Blaster, inspects the site to determine the target block and to plan the blasting process
    • Marks off the working area by erecting the prescribed barricading material as prescribed by the client
    • Required to map the holes to ensure that all the required holes correctly placed
    • Required to measure and check the depth of the holes, and to ensure that they are all correctly drilled within the prescribed parameter
    • In the event of detecting any deviations from prescriptions, responsible for behaving assertively and taking the necessary steps to rectify matters, e.g., by interacting and communicating to mine staff, drill contractor or the Foreman
    • On instruction from the Blaster, required to collect the correct accessories to carry out the blasting assignment successfully
    • Responsible to place all detonators and boosters at the collar of the hole to prepare for priming of the blast holes as per the blast plan issued by the mine
    • Responsible for priming the holes by carefully inserting detonators into boosters, attaching  weigh-down material to the primer, and lower this primer in the hole under the supervision of the Blaster 

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