Occupational Hygiene Technician
Position Summary
Introduction
ASSMANG Pty Ltd requires the services of Occupational Hygiene Technician at their Black Rock Mine Operations situated 80km North-West of Kuruman in the Northern Cape. The closing date for applications will be Monday, 16 September 2024.
Job description
Minimum requirements
- Certificate: Grade 12 (Required)
- BSc or Related Degree or Diploma in Occupational Hygiene, Environmental Health, sciences. (Required)
- Chamber of Mines Intermediate Certificate in Mine Environmental Control. (Required)
- At least 3 papers in Advanced Certificate in Mine Environmental Control. (Advantageous)
- Legal knowledge Certificate. (Advantageous)
- Valid Driver’s License: Code B / EB.
- 2 Years’ Mining and or related environment experience.
- 2 Years’ Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene practical experience.
- Support and participate in sub-functional change management to drive transformation and optimization.
- Drawing from own experience or vocational knowledge, identify and recommend initiatives aimed at eliminating waste, improved productivity and reduce operating costs within scope.
- Implement and maintain an effective occupational hygiene programme to obtain optimum occupational hygiene conditions in support of the objectives of the business unit or area or section plan
- Responsible to ensure that policies, programmes, standards, codes of practice and procedures are maintained in accordance with legal and Group requirements.
- Ensure that statutory plans are in place and up to date.
- Maintain Occupational Hygiene strategies and systems.
- Measure compliance to Section 11 and 12 of the Mine Health and Safety Act (Occupational Health Risk Assessment and Monitoring)
- Measure compliance to the Environmental Engineering and Occupational Hygiene Regulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act pertaining to monitoring and reporting at Business Area Level.
- Adhere to Occupational Hygiene policies, procedures, and standards.
- Set daily, weekly and monthly Occupational hygiene targets.
- Ensure follow up of risk assessment and audits findings, and the implementation of recommendations made.
- Conduct workplace risk assessment.
- Compile report with respect to the effectiveness of control in place.
- Conduct Occupational hygiene sampling for all stressors identified on risk assessment.
- Report findings and recommend appropriate interventions.
- Record and report occupational related exposure histories.
- Compile Occupational hygiene stressors report and submit to chief Occupational hygienist.
- Monitor the quality of equipment and materials supplied to ensure adherence to safety and risks specifications.
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