Damien Murphy

I transitioned from grasstree mine to Aquila mine in 2021 at Aquila I have worked in development and longwall teams my roles included

Development

Roof and rib support installed off the continuous miner

Water management

Stone dusting

Continuous miner operator

Shuttle car operator

Loader operator

QDS Bolter operater

Running supplies to the miner

Cable management

Roadworks and housekeeping in the panel

Longwall

Bootend and chock operator

Operating the IFC from the roc

Face mapping

Horizon control

Strata management through faulted areas

Housekeeping

Assisting trades on breakdowns and planned maintenance

I continued to work at grasstree until just before it came to end I was apart of the first lot of permanent grasstree employees to go over to Aquila I worked with development, longwall support and also out bye teams at grasstree during my time there my roles included

Development

Roof and rib support installed off the continuous miner

Water management

Stone dusting

Continuous miner operator

Shuttle car operator

Loader operator

QDS Bolter operater

Running supplies to the miner

Cable management

Roadworks and housekeeping in the panel

Outbye

I was the pit pumper checking and repairing all pumps in the pit ensuring that water management throughout the mine was in good condition

Repairing and replacing damaged pipes

Dropping supplies down the shaft to the outbye storage areas

Roadworks and housekeeping

Cleaning sumps

Longwall support

Installing cans in the tailgate roadway

Installing secondary support in front of the longwall retreat

Assisting longwall crews with poor strata conditions throwing rocks back over the pan line and shoveling

I done a 3 month trial period with workpac at grasstree mine site working in the development team my roles included

Roof and rib support off the continuous miner

Water management

Roadway maitenance

Stone dusting

Running supplies to the miner

Cable management

I worked with advanced mining at kestrel north mine I was apart of the longwall support team and also done time as a temp in development my roles included

Standing cans in the tailgate roadway of the longwall

Dropping and reclaiming air, water and pump out line pipes

Roadway maitenace and housekeeping

Installing roof and rib support on the continuous miner

Water management

Longwall move bolt ups

Longwall move running Pan line in and out

Longwall move running shields in and out on the chariot

All while adhering to the sites S.H.M.S

I worked with RESCO mining at crinum east with the secondary support team there my roles with RESCO included

Setting up secondary support jobs

Installing secondary support in the belt road

Grouting and tensioning secondary support

All while adhering to the sites S.H.M.S

I worked with abm at kestrel north mine I was apart of the secondary support and ventilation work teams in my time with abm my roles here were

Setting up secondary support jobs

Installing secondary support in the belt road

Grouting and tensioning secondary support

Installing monorail and hanging structure bolts

Building and spraying 2 psi segregation stoppings in the development panels

All while adhering to the sites S.H.M.S