DAVID MICHAEL HEAP

Currently paste crew leading hand at Barminco mining Nova

• The repair and extension of services and vent systems.
• Maintaining the pumping circuit within the mine.
• Supply and delivery of stores underground to the laydown areas.
• Transport of fuel to fuel bay.
• Installation of ground support in the form of cable bolts and slings.
• Relief charge up operator when main personnel on leave.
• Argyle Diamond Project

• Running of three pump stations including maintenance changing of pumps and bogging of sumps.
• Service crew running of vent bags, maintenance of old vent bags extension of services, grouting of cable bolts charge up, nipper off siding jumbo, bolting and boring.
• Argyle Diamond Mine, Kununurra W.A.

• Adhering to occupational health and safety requirements.
• Sample preparation and sorting and drying of drill hole samples.
• Fire Assay.
• Canning vale W.A

• Adhering to site occupational health and safety requirements.
• Operation of Explosives Truck (10 tonne flatbed).
• Handling explosives, to and from magazine.
• IT Driver.
• Working as part of the Maintenance Crew, I carried out plant maintenance, replacing vent lines, pumps etc and other duties as required.
• Part of the firefighting team and Emergency Response Team.
• Telfer Gold Mine

• Adhering to site occupational health and safety requirements.
• Working as part of a maintenance/construction crew.
• Truck driving (tip truck).
• Alcoa Kwinana Alumina Plant

• Sample preparation; organizing samples, drying and pulverizing samples.
• Microwave digestion; running and maintenance of ICP and running of XRF.
• Computer operation; use LIMS (Laboratory Management Systems) and MS Windows ‘95.
• Sample storage at beach view; making up of priorities and making up of composites.
• Alcoa Kwinana Alumina Plant