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General Assistant - Gamsberg

Omnia LTDZA

13 days ago

Job description

Job title : General Assistant - Gamsberg

Job Location : Northern Cape,

Deadline : October 14, 2025

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Qualifications

Grade 12 with Mathematics

Advantageous Requirements

Preferable - Code B or EC Licence

Preferable Competent A & Blasting assistant certificate (MQA)

Experience

1 year experience in blasting / mining environment.

1 year blasting assistant experience.

Duties

Risk assessment and Safe work declarations to be done with the blaster at the place of work before entering workplace as per client requirements.

Assist MMU with charging up blasting holes and filling up MMU with products

Assisting the blaster for preparing the blast / charge-up area by meeting all the statutory, legal, client and BME requirements / standards / prescriptions

Together with the Blaster, inspects the site to determine the target block and to plan the blasting process

Marks off the working area by erecting the prescribed barricading material as prescribed by the client

Required to map the holes to ensure that all the required holes correctly placed

Required to measure and check the depth of the holes, and to ensure that they are all correctly drilled within the prescribed parameters

In the event of detecting any deviations from prescriptions, responsible for behaving assertively and taking the necessary steps to rectify matters, e.g., by interacting and communicating to mine staff, drill contractor or the Foreman

On instruction from the Blaster, required to collect the correct accessories to carry out the blasting assignment successfully

Responsible to place all detonators and boosters at the collar of the hole to prepare for priming of the blast holes as per the blast plan issued by the mine.

Responsible for priming the holes by carefully inserting detonators into boosters, attaching weigh-down material to the primer, and lower this primer in the hole under the supervision of the blaster.

Any additional ad hoc duties must be completed within the specified timeframe.

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