- Rustenburg
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Mining
- Reference: 173848
Vacancy Details
Employer: Minopex
This position will be based at the Kroondal operations site.
Description
The purpose of this position is to assist in the sampling or collection and preparation of samples to obtain accurate results in order to monitor the performance and achievements of objectives in the organisation
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with Minopex Health and Safety responsibilities.
- Identify hazards and risks while performing daily tasks and maintenance and take preventative measures.
- Comply with provided systems, practices, methods, standards and procedures of the job.
- Adhere to lock out procedures at all times.
- Comply with legal and operational requirements.
- Carry out visual inspection of the working area to ensure workplace safety.
- Ensure compliance to statutory legislation and organisational requirements.
- Perform routine sampling or collection of samples in operational areas.
- Perform routine preparation of samples (crushing, pulverizing, filtering, rolling, splitting and drying).
- Perform sieve sizing analyses on samples as part of sample preparation.
- Inspection and first line fault finding of sampling equipment.
- Daily inspection, cleaning and unblocking of sampling equipment and spillages caused by sampling equipment.
- Cleaning of all laboratory equipment and instruments.
- Completing sample checklists and logging of samples on the system.
- Marking and labelling of sample tags and sample containers.
- Storing of samples according to specifications and colour codes.
- Matric (Grade 12) or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED qualifications such as the N3 Certificate.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in sample preparation in a laboratory is required
- Knowledge of and good understanding of the basic concepts of sample preparation, e.g. contamination, representative sample and integrity of a sample etc.
- English language proficiency
- Time management
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About Minopex
Established in response to an industry trend towards outsourcing the operational aspects of minerals processing, Minopex has grown to become a leading specialist in the field of outsourced operation and maintenance (O&M) of metal and mineral processing facilities in the coal, platinum, gold, iron ore and diamond industries. The company is internationally acknowledged for its quality service and high standards and few mining companies run their mineral processing plants as efficiently.
Minopex sets itself apart from its competition by focusing on quality related service at market related prices and company employees fully embrace this ethos, which has become one of the company’s cornerstones of success.
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