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
