Blaster, Remote

Overview

Role impacts :

• Customer Satisfaction
• Safe environment
• Blasting in line with Company Policies and Procedures
• Well maintained company vehicles

Key Relationships :

• Executive Team
• Senior Management / Management / Country Managers
• Customers
• Support Teams
• Operations
• Production
• Any other stakeholder as may be deemed important and relevant from time to time

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with Maths
• Blasting Ticket Permit (PDP)
• Magazine Master certificate

Experience

• 2 years’ demonstrated blasting / assistance experience.
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in mining / explosive environment

Advantageous Requirements :

Ms Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email)

Duties

• Ensures 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.

Job Competencies

• 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.
• Willingness to drive extensively, sleep away from home and work outside normal working hours