Miner Relieving
assmn_000710
Online
4 February 2026
Position Summary
Industry: Mining & Quarrying
Job category: Other: Mining
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: EE/AA
Introduction
Supervise a work team in executing all work required to extract ore from a specific work area safely, economically and productively.
Job description
• Comply with safety, health and environmental standards. Identify and report unsafe and hazardous situations in work area. Participate in safety meetings. Take care of your own safety and safety of others. Ensure area of work has been declared safe before any work commence.
• Drive and enforce Basic Principles of Safety and Mining
• Be reminded: “No job is so important that it cannot be done safely”
• Basic Principles of Safety
• Basic Principles of Mining
• Apply section 22 & 23
• Conduct entry examination and declare area safe of the workplace, cleaning of faces, support marking, support installation, Face Marking, Face drilling and charging up of faces with explosive.
• Complete safe declaration for every working area.
• Instruct and supervise Support Worker Roof and Face Prep to perform barring operation in preparing the face and to make safe.
• Verify explosives and accessories received from magazine to ensure accurate accounting of explosives. Transport in accordance with safety standards to dedicated Primer Bays.
• Prepare primers in dedicated Primer Bays according to blasting requirements.
• Conduct general housekeeping.
• Supervisor to achieve daily production plan.
• Report and rectify any deviations identified in own area.
• Record non-conformances and actions required.
• Escalate problems to the Shift Boss and/or Production Control.
• Ensure section is clear by conducting an inspection of the area and instruct employees / contractors to vacate the area.
• At end of shift, compile shift report (using standard template) including no blast situations
• Drive and enforce Basic Principles of Safety and Mining
• Be reminded: “No job is so important that it cannot be done safely”
• Basic Principles of Safety
• Basic Principles of Mining
• Apply section 22 & 23
• Conduct entry examination and declare area safe of the workplace, cleaning of faces, support marking, support installation, Face Marking, Face drilling and charging up of faces with explosive.
• Complete safe declaration for every working area.
• Instruct and supervise Support Worker Roof and Face Prep to perform barring operation in preparing the face and to make safe.
• Verify explosives and accessories received from magazine to ensure accurate accounting of explosives. Transport in accordance with safety standards to dedicated Primer Bays.
• Prepare primers in dedicated Primer Bays according to blasting requirements.
• Conduct general housekeeping.
• Supervisor to achieve daily production plan.
• Report and rectify any deviations identified in own area.
• Record non-conformances and actions required.
• Escalate problems to the Shift Boss and/or Production Control.
• Ensure section is clear by conducting an inspection of the area and instruct employees / contractors to vacate the area.
• At end of shift, compile shift report (using standard template) including no blast situations
Minimum requirements
• Certificate: Grade 12 (Required)
• Blasting certificate / MQA Rock Breaking Certificate (issued 1 Jul 2009 – 31 May 2017) (Required)
• Driver’s license: Code B/EB (Required)
• Dover B symbol (Required)
• Valid First Aid Certificate (Required)
• Qualification Condonement will apply to internal - NC Assmang employees
• Blasting certificate / MQA Rock Breaking Certificate (issued 1 Jul 2009 – 31 May 2017) (Required)
• Driver’s license: Code B/EB (Required)
• Dover B symbol (Required)
• Valid First Aid Certificate (Required)
• Qualification Condonement will apply to internal - NC Assmang employees
• 1-2 Years Experience as a C1 Miner in most of the disciplines (roof / face prep, charging and blasting)
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