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.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

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.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB