Profession mining assistant
Mining assisstants perform routine duties in mining and quarrying operations. They assist the miners with maintaining equipment, with laying pipes, cables and tunnels, and with removing wast.
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Personality Type
Knowledge
- Excavation techniques
The methods to remove rock and soil, used in an excavation site and the associated risks.
Skills
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
Conduct routine maintenance on equipment. Recognise and identify minor defects in equipment and make repairs if appropriate.
- Clean waste materials from machines
Clean waste materials from machine using the adequate equipment or appliances as to ensure smooth operations, avoid accidents, and maintain clean working place.
- Maintain records of mining operations
Maintain records of mine production and development performance, including performance of machinery.
- Work ergonomically
Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.
- Dispose of non-hazardous waste
Dispose of waste materials which pose no risk to health and safety in a manner which complies with recycling and waste management procedures.
- Conduct inter-shift communication
Communicate relevant information about the conditions in the workplace, progress, events, and potential problems to the workers in the next shift.
- Troubleshoot
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
- Address problems critically
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods of tackling the situation.
- Handle mining plant waste
Make sure mining plant waste is disposed of safely, efficiently, and in an environmentally sound manner.