Lawrence Dlamini

Self-motivated 15 years' experience Mine Overseer with excellent organizational and team working skills who is looking to obtain a challenging career position in any establishment or organization that encourages constant learning, creativity and implementation of new ideas and emerging technology. I have a Mine Overseer's Certificate of competence, underground Hardrock Blasting (Metalliferrous Mining) Certificate, Onsetter/Banksman Certificate. Most of my working experience was spent on Underground, on deep level mines and I have been a Mine Overseer since February 2010.

I did conventional, mechanized TM3 and bord and pillar mining.

Production Mine Overseer - Modikwa Platinum Mine

(2022-07)

Also acted as 3.1(a) Appointee relieving the Mine Manager in Modikwa Merensky Bord and Pillar mining. Responsible for the safe mine production on mechanized Bord and Pillar section.

• Short, medium and long term production planning
• Mine infrastructure implementation to ensure sustainable safe mining
• Ensure flexibility by opening ground for sustainable safe mining
• Report to the Production Manager 3.1(a) appointee
• Do budgets and labour placement within the section
• Ensure discipline in the section/adherence to company code of conduct
• Responsible for +/- 95 people bord and pillar 4 sections and one conventional section
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.14.1 as a Mine Overseer
• Responsible for the day-to-day control, management and direction of mine activities within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for Environmental Health and Safety as per MHSA 7(4)
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible for ensuring that all people under my charge are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, Regulations and the minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure etc. issued by the mine. Responsible for coaching; workplace induction of employees building of strong effective safe mining teams
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within my area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my charge are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Production Mine Overseer - Impala Platinum Mine

(2019-10 - 2022-06)

Responsible for the Mine production section.

• Short, medium and long term production planning
• Ensure flexibility by opening ground for sustainable safe mining
• Report to the Production Manager 3.1(a) appointee
• Do budgets and labour placement within the section
• Ensure discipline in the section/adherence to company code of conduct
• Responsible for +/- 546 people
• Flexibility (IMF; IMA and IMS) to sustain safe production; Stoping; Establishing; Equipping; Development; Redevelopment
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.14.1 as a Mine Overseer
• Responsible for the day-to-day control, management and direction of mine activities within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for Environmental Health and Safety as per MHSA 7(4)
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my charge are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, Regulations and the Minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure etc issued by the mine. Responsible for coaching; workplace inducting of employees building of strong effective safe mining teams
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my charge are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Site Manager/Mine Overseer - Red Mining Contractors, South Deep GM

(2016-11 - 2019-09)

Responsible for safe production of the company.

• Flexibility (IMF; IMA and IMS) to sustain safe production; Stoping; Establishing; Equipping; Development; Redevelopment
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.14.1 as a Mine Overseer
• Responsible for the day-to-day control, management and direction of mine activities within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for Environmental Health and Safety as per MHSA 7(4)
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my charge are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, Regulations and the Minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure etc issued by the mine. Responsible for coaching; workplace inducting of employees building of strong effective safe mining teams
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my charge are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting
• Appointed in terms of section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996(Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.9.2 as a Contracts Site Manager
• Safety, health, environmental and quality management
• Mining Contract Management
• Help the Manager on the management of the day-to-day operations of the company
• To ensure to liaise with all the required departments/stakeholders in terms of planning
• Ensure discipline in the section and adherence to Standards Rules and procedures
• Report to Operations Manager and the company Directors
• Adherence to budget and labour placement in the company
• Avoid wastage and to optimize the resources
• Responsible for 744 employees

Mine Overseer production - Modikwa Platinum Mine (ARM and Anglo-American JV)

(2012-09 - 2015-12)

Responsible for Safety Production performance.

• Managing the projects within the company
• Appointed Mine Overseer Development and Stoping section
• Short, medium and long term planning up to five years
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.14.1 as a Mine Overseer
• Report to the Production Manager (3.1(a))
• Do budget and labour placement in the section
• Production short- and long-term planning
• Responsible for +/- 300 people
• Plan and ensure flexibility

Production Mine Overseer - Anglo American Platinum Twickenham Mine

(2010-10 - 2012-08)

Responsible for the production for the Shaft.

• Short, medium and long term planning
• Develop systems to manage safety and production
• Managing the Mining project initial development and stoping; construction and equipping of development and stoping sections
• Report to the Production Manager
• Do budgets and labour placement within the section
• Ensure discipline in the section
• Responsible for +/- 500 people
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.14.1 as a Mine Overseer
• Responsible for the day to day management and operation of activities within his area of responsibility
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my responsibility are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure etc. issued by the mine
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my responsibility are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Appointed Production Mine Overseer - Goldfields Driefontein

(2010-02 - 2010-09)

Responsible for running all Safety and Production.

• Short, medium and long term planning up to five years
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.6.1 as a Subordinate Manager
• Report to the Section Manager (2.6.1)
• Ensure discipline at the shaft
• Lead all the production planning meetings and to ensure compliance to Mine Health and Safety Act, responsible to ensure employees are trained
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my responsibility are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure etc. issued by the mine
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my responsibility are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Acting Production Mine Overseer - Gold fields Driefontein

(2008-10 - 2010-01)

Responsible for the production section.

• Short-, medium- and long-term planning
• Did night about seven months eight months on day shift
• Report to the Sect Manager/Production Manager
• Do budgets and labour placement within the section
• Ensure discipline in the section
• Responsible for +/- 300 people
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.14.1 as a Mine Overseer
• Responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of activities within his area of responsibility
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my responsibility are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure etc issued by the mine
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my responsibility are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Appointed Shift Boss Production - Gold Fields Driefontein

(2006-08 - 2008-10)

Responsible for Safety and Production in Shift Boss section.

• Short-, and medium-term planning; weekly; monthly and year planning
• To report to the Production Mine Overseer on day-to-day responsibilities
• Responsible for the coordination of all Mining departments in terms of planning and during the Risk Assessments as required
• Ensuring safety is always adhered to in the section
• Enforcement of the Standards; Codes of practice and adherence to the Regulations
• Ensuring production in line with labour compliments in terms of planning
• Control and ensure safety compliance for the section
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.15.1 as a Shift Boss
• Responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of activities within his area of responsibility
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my responsibility are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure issued by the mine
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my responsibility are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them

Shift Boss Production - Anglo Gold Ashanti-Tautona

(2003-02 - 2006-03)

Safety and production of the section.

• To report to the Production Mine overseer
• Short-, medium- and long-term planning. Short-, and medium-term planning; weekly; monthly and year planning
• Responsible for the coordination of all Mining departments in terms of planning and during the Risk Assessments as required
• Ensuring safety is always adhered to in the section
• Enforcement of the Standards; Codes of practice and adherence to the Regulations
• Ensuring production in line with labour compliments in terms of planning
• Control and ensure safety compliance for the section
• Appointed in terms of Section 7(4) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 1996 (Act No.29 of 1996) read with Regulation 2.15.1 as a Shift Boss
• Responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of activities within his area of responsibility
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my responsibility are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure issued by the mine
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my responsibility are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for training the employees under my charge are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Appointed Miner, Stoping and Development - Anglo Gold Ashanti-Tautona

(1996-10 - 2002-07)

Safety and production in the working places.

• Doing planning on daily weekly and monthly, three months
• Achievement of the daily and monthly production safely
• Be responsible for safe production of the section
• Liaise with the Shift Boss and ensure the availability and ordering of materials and equipment's
• Plotting daily blast progress on 1:200 plans
• Ensure to work on Survey lines, proper development of stopes and development according to the standards and procedures
• Be responsible for the crews' day to day tasks ensure that safety is adhered before and while the work is being done
• Ensure the Risk assessments are properly done with all required stakeholders before any task maybe carried out
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act regulations
• Responsible to ensure that all people under my responsibility are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act Regulations
• Observe and enforce any codes of practice, managerial instructions, procedure issued by the mine
• Responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and without risk to the health of employees within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my responsibility are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of activities within his area of responsibility
• Responsible for training the employees under my charge are in respect to health and safety before any task is assigned to them
• Responsible for the weekly and monthly production reporting

Shift boss/Learner official - AngloGold Ashanti Training and Development (DeelKraal)

(2002-07 - 2003-02)

• Learn the functions of all mining departments
• Do practical and write test on each and every Mining department
• Cleaning of the stope and the development face
• Reporting of the daily task to the Senior officials
• Problems solving courses, Strata control courses for the Shift Bosses
• Theory of Constraints, grievance handling procedures
• Practicals on the daily operations on the working face, development and the stoping

Leaner Miner Approved GME - Anglo Gold Ashanti

(1994-07 - 1995-10)

• Installation of pipes and tracks; Development and stope support
• Entry examination, drilling of the development and stope face
• Night shift cleaning and sweeping of the blasted and or advancing panels
• Tramming of ore; start and end of the shift procedures
• Daily work reporting to the Shift boss office
• Time sheet completion, marking and drilling of the development and stoping face

Mining General Assistance - Anglo-American Western Deep Levels GM

(1994-04 - 1994-10)

• Installation of Mining pipes and tracks
• Installation of conventional development construction
• Stope support installation and cleaning with a winch
• Doing stoping vamping and stope drilling of shot holes
• Charging up of the stoping panel and the development end
• General Mining construction

Grade 12 - Matric - Mnukwa High School (1992)

N1 - Mining Engineering - Western FET (Carletonville) (2000 - 2001-09)