Overview
Role impacts:
Technical field
Housekeeping and maintenance
Quality control
Key Relationships:
Senior Management/Management
Customers
Support Teams
Operations
Any other stakeholder as may be deemed important and relevant from time to time
Qualifications
Grade 12 with Maths
Advantageous:
Code 08 / Code B Licence
Magazine Master Ticket
Blasting assistant certificate (MQA)
Stemming Loader
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 parameters
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
Job Competencies
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Numerical skills
Attention to detail
Strong communication/interpersonal skills
Report-writing abilities
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