Profession underground miner

Underground miners perform a wide range of ancillary underground mining operations such as inspections, conveyor attendance and the transport of equipment and consumable materials from the surface to the point of extraction underground.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Health and safety hazards underground

  The rules and risks affecting health and safety when working underground. 

• Impact of geological factors on mining operations

  Be aware of the impact of geological factors, such as faults and rock movements, on mining operations.

Skills

• Work ergonomically

  Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

• Operate a range of underground mining equipment

  Operate underground mining equipment, such as ventilation and transport systems.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Perform minor repairs to equipment

  Conduct routine maintenance on equipment. Recognise and identify minor defects in equipment and make repairs if appropriate.

• Operate hydraulic pumps

  Operate hydraulic pumping systems.

• Operate mining tools

  Operate and maintain a wide range of hand-held and powered mining tools and equipment.

• 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.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB