Underground Heavy Equipment Operator Stationary Plant & Machine Operators

Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

The rules and risks affecting health and safety when working underground.

Be aware of the impact of geological factors, such as faults and rock movements, on mining operations.

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods …

Communicate relevant information about the conditions in the workplace, progress, events, and potential problems to the workers in the next shift.

Make immediate operating decisions as necessary without reference to others, taking into account the circumstances and any relevant procedures and legislation. Determine alone which option is the best for a …

Conduct routine maintenance on equipment. Recognise and identify minor defects in equipment and make repairs if appropriate.

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Communicate transparently and efficiently with mine production management and machine operators. Pass on any relevant information such as outages, efficiency and productivity of the equipment.

Inspect heavy-duty surface mining machinery and equipment. Identify and report defects and abnormalities.

Operate and maintain a wide range of hand-held and powered mining tools and equipment.

Implement safety programmes to comply with national laws and legislation. Ensure that equipment and processes are compliant with safety regulations.

Operate a range of drilling equipment, pneumatic as well as electrical and mechanical. Tend drilling equipment, monitor and operate it, according to regulations. Safely and efficiently drill holes using the …

Operate hydraulic pumping systems.

Operate underground mining equipment, such as ventilation and transport systems.

Operate a continuous miner, a machine with a large rotating steel drum equipped with tungsten carbide teeth that cut minerals from the seam. Operate the cutting drum and the continuous …

Operate a large, mobile mining machine equipped with pneumatic or hydraulic hammers to bore horizontal holes in hard rock to enable blasting. Drilling jumbos are used for mining development.

Operate an LHD, a rubber tired, electric or diesel-operated piece of equipment used for cleaning roadways and hauling supplies underground.

Operate longwall mining equipment such as shearers and plows, electric pieces of heavy mining equipment which cut minerals, usually coal or lignite, on a longwall face.

Operate a powered roof support system, a hydraulically operated mobile piece of heavy mining equipment which supports the roof of a longwall face.

Operate a large mobile mining machine equipped with a powerful pneumatic or hydraulic hammer used to drill long vertical and inclined holes for production purposes.

Operate a roof bolter, a piece of mobile heavy equipment used in mining which bores a hole into the roof of a mining roadway, then injects it with a resin …

Operate a scaler, consisting of a drill mounted on a vehicle, used to take down loose material from the roof, face and rib in hard rock mining.

Operate a shotcreter, a mechanised shotcrete spraying system used for ground support applications. Pneumatically project concrete at high velocity through a hose to cover a surface or fill holes for …

Operate a shuttle car, a diesel or electric-powered, vehicle equipped with an armoured conveyor belt system used to haul mineral from the face to the intermediate haulage system in room-and-pillar …

Operate a tunnelling machine, a machine with a large rotating steel drum equipped with tungsten carbide teeth that cut material in order to drive underground tunnels or development roadways. Operate …