Jason Wakeford

Production Drilling:

• Conduct pre-start checks on the machine and work area, and accurately complete the necessary paperwork.
• Read and comprehend the drilling plans provided by the engineers.
• Maintain clear and effective communication with the engineering team, shift boss, and any other personnel in the vicinity.
• Drill stopes, paste holes, service holes, and probes to identify voids.
• Train new operators to safely operate production drilling equipment.
• Ensure the workplace is clean and tidy, maintain signs and barricades, and mark up blast holes for the charge crew.
  
  Tele-Remote Loader Operator:
• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and work area, and ensure the paperwork is filled out correctly.
• Read and understand the tele-remote plans issued by the engineers to locate the stope and identify where the ore should be stockpiled.
• Operating Sandvik tele-remote system
• Maintain good communication with the shift boss and any personnel in the area.
• Bog the stopes on remotes to the identified stockpiles, and load trucks if required.
• Train new bogger and tele-remote bogger operators to operate machinery safely.
• Maintain good roadworks and ensure the correct signs and barricades are installed when leaving the work area.

• Install 63/110mm poly air and water lines while following the correct isolation lockout procedures.
• Install ventilation in the work areas.
• Remove and install jumbo cables.
• Install cable bolts.
• Prior to jumbo boring the heading, check the face and mark any butts/misfires with paint.

Tele-Remote Bogger Operator

• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and work area, and ensure the paperwork is filled out correctly.
• Read and understand the tele-remote plans issued by the engineers to locate the stope and identify where the ore should be stockpiled.
• Maintain good communication with the shift boss and any personnel in the area.
• Operate RCT tele-remote system.
• Bog the stopes on remotes to the identified stockpiles, and load trucks if required.
• Train new bogger and tele-remote bogger operators to operate machinery safely.
• Maintain good roadworks and ensure the correct signs and barricades are installed when leaving the work area.

Truck Operator

• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and ensure the paperwork is filled out correctly.
• Communicate with the bogger operator and follow instructions.
• Maintain good communication while traveling on the decline.

• Jumbo Trainee
• Completing pre-start checks of the machine and the work area
• Install ground support following the memo issued by the geotechnical engineer
• Bore heading in accordance with the plans issued by the surveyor's department.
• Drill depth holes to ensure shotcrete is the correct depth

Tele-remote Bogger Operator

• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and the work area and fill out the paperwork correctly
• Reading and understanding the tele-remote plans issued by the engineers to understand where the stope is, and where the ore shall be stockpiled
• Maintaining good communication with the shift boss and any personnel in the area
• Bogging the stopes on remotes to the identified stockpiles and then loading trucks if required
• Training up new bogger and tele-remote bogger operators to operate machinery safely
• Maintaining good roadworks and ensuring the correct signs and barricades are installed when leaving the work area

• Install 63/110mm poly air and water lines while following the correct isolation lockout procedures.
• Install ventilation in the work areas.
• Remove and install jumbo cables.
• Install cable bolts.
• Prior to jumbo boring the heading, check the face and mark any butts/misfires with paint.

• Production & development charging with both Anfo and emulsion.
• Non-electric and electronic production charging both down holes and up holes, using emulsion and Anfo.
• Logging electronic detonators, Shot firing/training shot firers.

Bogger/Tele-remote Operator

• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and work area, and ensure the paperwork is filled out correctly.
• Read and understand the tele-remote plans issued by the engineers to locate the stope and identify where the ore should be stockpiled.
• Operating Sandvik tele-remote system
• Maintain good communication with the shift boss and any personnel in the area.
• Bog the stopes on remotes to the identified stockpiles, and load trucks if required.
• Train new bogger and tele-remote bogger operators to operate machinery safely.
• Maintain good roadworks and ensure the correct signs and barricades are installed when leaving the work area.

Nipper

• Offside the jumbo operator and set up headings with mesh and bolts.
• Clean up the area after Jumbo has finished bolting.

Truck Driver

• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and ensure the paperwork is filled out correctly.
• Communicate with the bogger operator and follow instructions.
• Maintain good communication while traveling on the decline.

Charge Up

• Production & development charging with both Anfo and emulsion.
• Non-electric and electronic production charging both down holes and up holes, using emulsion and Anfo.
• Logging electronic detonators, Shot firing/training shot firers.

Service Crew

• Install 63/110mm poly air and water lines while following the correct isolation lockout procedures.
• Install ventilation in the work areas.
• Remove and install jumbo cables.
• Install cable bolts.
• Prior to jumbo boring the heading, check the face and mark any butts/misfires with paint.

Bogger Operator

• Complete pre-start checks on the machine and work area, and ensure the paperwork is filled out correctly.
• Maintain good communication with the shift boss and any personnel in the area.
• Water down headings/stopes to minimise dust exposure.
• Free bog the stopes until the brow is cracked then progress with tele-remotes.
• Bog headings to stockpile or load trucks.
• Maintain a high level of roadworks.