Development miner

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Underground. Noisy. Dusty. Tasks: 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. Set up and operate mining machinery to shear coal, rock or ore from the working face. Load explosives, set fuses, and detonate explosives to produce desired blasting patterns and rock fragmentation in underground mines. Operate scooptram or load-haul-dump (LHD) machine to load and haul ore from stopes, drifts and drawpoints to ore passes. Perform routine maintenance of mining equipment. Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding. Screening questions:...