Blasting Technician at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

Provide technical support and advice to the operations and clients about the implementation of, training on, blasts.

Qualifications    

• Matric certificate
• Academy of Explosives Technology (AET1) or equivalent
• Academy of Explosives Technology (AET Advanced) or equivalent
• Competency B
• Minimum of a Code B drivers licence with 5 years driving experience (preferably Manual) 

Experience    

• 2 years demonstrated experience in mining / explosives environment
• 2 years demonstrated experience in surface blasting
• 2 years demonstrated experience in people management

Duties    

Technical support:

• To provide technical support and advice to the operations and clients about the implementation of training on blasts 
• Build and maintain good internal and external customer relationships
• Monitoring of equipment and analysing the performance thereof 

Prevented/mitigated company risks:

• To assist with all the relevant training and risk management documentation
• Ensuring compliance with Mine Health and Safety Act and adherence to stipulated disciplines for continuous improvement of
• occupational Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality that impact on the organisation
• Promoting a safety conscious culture and ensuring adherence to all legislation

Blast Quality Reviews:

• Conduct and evaluate blast results using databases, instrumentation, blasting software’s (e.g. BME BlastMap software)
• Write blast report writing as per requirements

Job Competencies    

• Intermediate skills in Ms Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Technical skills in blast designs
• Research capability and skill
• Ability to analyse scientific data