• Level 1: Grade 9 Certificate FET Services

• Lightweight Machine operators certificate

• • Compliance to specific requirements (legal, standards, procedures and working guides) • Dust is allayed • Safe ground conditions • Temporary support is installed • Gas free workplace • Misfires are indicated • Prescribed support standards are met. • Safety and Risk compliance • Test for Methane • Test for common gasses and CH4 • Compliance to specific requirements (legal, standards, procedures and working guides) • Broken rock is removed within the specified time limit • Blasting barricades are installed/moved forward • Strike and centre gullies cleaned of broken rock • Compliance to specific requirements (legal, standards, procedures and working guides) • Hanging, sidewall and face is barred to solid • Footwall is cleaned to the correct distance from the face • Sockets are washed and plugged • Misfires are dealt with • Services and ventilation requirements are within the prescribed requirements • Safety and Risk compliance • Maintained drill and hoses • Greased Lubricator • Inspect machine air leg and drill steel • Compliance to specific requirements (legal, standards, procedures and working guides) • Drilling equipment is correctly assembled and dissembled. • Holes are drilled on the indicated marks, to the correct depth, line and dip • Drilling is completed within the specified time frame • Safety and Risk compliance • Compliance to specific requirements (legal, standards, procedures and working guides) • Persons are removed from the affected area, correct tools and equipment are used, and holes are charged to the prescribed limits and where necessary tamped. • Igniter cord spacing and pattern is correct, precautions to prevent fires are taken, initiator and attachments are correctly attached and precautions are taken to prevent unauthorized entry. • Explosives and accessories are transported and stored according to the prescribed requirements.
• A safe working area Making safe • Collect and transport tools, material and equipment • Test for noxious and flammable gases • Water down the workplace • Bar down loose rocks • Install temporary/replace blasted support • Indicate misfires • Demarcate hazardous areas and geological discontinuities A Clean working area Removal of broken rock • Collect and transport tools, material and equipment • Perform a pre-use inspection on equipment • Remove broken rock within prescribed time limit. • Perform minor maintenance duties such as lubrication, check hoses A prepared stope face Face preparation • Collect and transport tools, material and equipment • Bar face to solid • Clean, wash and plug sockets • Assist in treatment of misfires • Transport and store old explosives Installing/extending/maintaining service • Collect and transport tools, material and equipment • Install/extend/maintain air and water pipes and accessories Drilled stope/ strike gully/ crosscuts/ haulages/ raises /winzes and Ore pass face Panel drilling • Collect and transport tools, material and equipment • Assemble drilling equipment • Drill holes on indicated marks, to the correct depth, on line and dip • Drill service holes • Dissembled and remove drilling equipment • Perform minor repair/maintenance duties such as hose repairs, lubrication, etc. • Panel charged and connected for blasting Panel charging and connecting • Collect and transport tools, material and equipment • Prepare drilled holes for charging (De-sludging) • Prepare primers (if necessary) • Charge holes with ammonium nitrate based explosives • Charge holes with cartridge explosives and tamp holes Connect for blasting • Install/maintain blasting wires • Connect for blasting • Barricade off the affected area • Connect ignition systems • Remove excess materials from site • Transport & Storage of explosives

End Date: 07 May 2024 South African Standard Time

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