Job Description

The purpose for this position is to load holes with explosive products utilising a mixer-placer truck, according to BME standards and responsible for truck inspection and maintenance.
Qualifications

• Grade 12 with Maths
• Code 14 with Dangerous Goods Permit (PDP)

Experience

• 2 years' demonstrated truck driving experience.
• 3 years' demonstrated truck driving experience in a mining/explosive/dangerous goods environment
• 1 year demonstrated experience in emulsion charging unit

Duties
Loading holes

• Engage the pumping process and loading the holes according to the design specs while ensuring all prescribed SHERQ requirements are met.
• Carry out an inspection of all the holes and measures and records them to ensure that they are drilled to the correct depth.
• Report any out of spec holes to blaster.
• Do calculations to determine the correct mass of product to be loaded in each hole and reports any discrepancies to with the Foreman.
• inspect all the pumps and settings prior to commencing with the pumping process.

• Take a sample of the product and then analyses it to assess the product density prior to commencing the charging process.

Truck inspection, repairs and maintenance

• Conduct the prescribed pre-use inspections and completion of the checklist prior to use of the truck.
• Ensure that immediate corrections or repairs have to be brought about before driving off when any problems in the red category are detected.
• Make necessary corrections or repairs in the event of detecting any problems in the blue category, on site if possible, otherwise to report this for correction within 24 hours.
• Sign the checklist and ensures that it is also signed by the Foreman and the mechanic.
• Calibrate the instrumentation on the truck plant to ensure that all metrics remain correct or after major repairs were done on the vehicle, monthly
• Clean the vehicle on an ongoing basis so that it is presentable in the eye of the public and takes personal pride in it.
• Complete Truck Performance administration on a daily basis
• captures and signs off the truck on a weekly basis.
• calibrates the sample required scale on a daily basis.

Truck Driving

• Driving the truck safely and responsibly in all weather conditions and on all road surface conditions when picking up or delivering product to the blasting site, responsible for.
• ensures that all the prescribed legal paperwork is in truck (e.g., copies of manufacturing permits, CTP, TTP, as stated in work instruction).

Supervision

• Supervise the work of the Truck Assistant.

Job Competencies

• Numerical skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills
• Report-writing abilities
• Customer Focus
• Problem Solving

General
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

Key Dimensions
Role impacts:

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

Skills Required