EDUCATION

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years or more

• Ensure the safety of the mine by scaling loose rock from walls and roof, drilling and installing rock bolts
• Operate specialized drills to produce underground passageways
• Set up and operate drills and drilling machines to produce a designated pattern of blasting holes
• Operate specialized drills to test geological formations
• Perform routine maintenance of mining equipment