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Miner vacancy at Anglo American- The vacancy is perfect for candidates with 2-3 years of experience

Shingirayi February 16, 2025

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Miner vacancy at Anglo American- The vacancy is perfect for candidates with 2-3 years of experience

DEADLINE: 21 February 2025

Anglo American has an exciting position for a Miner to execute all delegated blasting tasks to ensure sufficient floor stock, safe and cost-effective blasting, monitoring of the crew’s outputs on the blast bench, and safe declaration of the pit before and after blasting activities.

Job Description

As Miner you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Floor Stock:
Exercise the necessary control over activities so that they do not have adverse effects on the environment and the immediate community, for example, ensuring the right amount of charge to minimise vibrations and the impact of blasting on the community (especially fly-rock).
Measure drilled holes (primary and secondary blasting) according to the plan to determine the accurate quantity of explosives and accessories.
Obtain the precise amount of blasting accessories from the explosive magazine.
Charge blasting holes with the prescribed explosives to ensure the required fragmentation.
Inspect the blasting area after the blasting operation for misfires and unsafe conditions and declare it safe for normal operations.
Destroy all surplus and damaged explosives after each blasting operation according to the Mine Health & Safety Act.
Controlled team activities:
Observe and enforce any codes of practice, instructions, procedures, directives, permissions, exemptions, etc., issued by the mine, the Department of Mineral Resources or any other person authorised.
Deploy sub-ordinates (direct and indirect) effectively and plan their tasks proactively to ensure smooth production operation.
Perform effective and efficient general office administration, such as diary management and order processing, thus contributing to achieving the team’s objectives.
Clean and environmentally friendly work area:
Perform cleaning activities beyond the allocated area.
Clean equipment with the appropriate tools.
Maintain good housekeeping standards.
Ensure all blasting activities follow legislation and required processes and procedures.
Assistance:
Assist the supervisor and co-workers according to their level/area of competence and follow company policies when instructed or during the responsible person’s absence to ensure the achievement of functional objectives.
Assist the supervisor actively in continuous improvement projects