Truck Driving Jobs: We Need Truck Operators In South Africa

Truck Driving Jobs: We Need Truck Operators In South Africa

Job Position: Truck Operator

Company: Omnia (Pty) Ltd

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Date Posted: 2022-09-05

Job Type: Full-Time

Truck Operator Job Description

Overview We are recruiting for a Truck Operator to load holes with explosive products utilizing a mixer-placer truck, according to BME standards. Responsible for truck inspection and maintenance. A successful candidate must have a Matric with Maths and Code 14 Drivers License with Dangerous Goods Permit. Clean Criminal Record and must be recommended on Vienna Test System (Advanced Driving).

Qualifications-Grade 12 with Maths-In possession of a Professional Driving Permit (PDP) - Dangerous Goods and Passengers permit (DGP) - EC1 Licence

Experience - 3 years of Truck Driving experience (preferably in a mining environment) - 5 years of experience in driving heavy-duty vehicles (EC1)

Duties

Conducts the prescribed pre-use inspections and completion of the checklist before use of the truck

Ensures that immediate corrections or repairs have to be brought about before driving off when any problems in the red category are detected

Makes the necessary corrections or repairs in the event of detecting any problems in the blue category, on-site if possible, otherwise to report this for correction within 24 hours

Signs the checklist and ensures that it is also signed by the Foreman and the mechanic

Calibrates the instrumentation on the truck plant to ensure that all metrics remain correct or after major repairs were done on the vehicle, every month

Cleans the vehicle on an ongoing basis so that it is presentable in the eye of the public and takes personal pride in it

Completes Truck Performance administration daily

Greases capture and signs off the truck every week

Calibrates the sample required scale daily

Drives the truck safely and responsibly in all weather conditions and on all road surface conditions when picking up or delivering the product to the blasting site, responsible for

Ensures that all the prescribed legal paperwork is in a truck (e.g., copies of manufacturing permits, CTP, TTP, as stated in work instruction)

Supervises the loading of the truck at the silos with the required product by the Truck Assistant

Ensures that all SHERQ requirements are met

Receives the charging instruction from the Blaster

Inspects all the holes and measures and records them to ensure that they are drilled to the correct depth

Reports any out-of-spec holes to blaster

Performs calculations to determine the correct mass of product to be loaded in each hole and reports any discrepancies to the Foreman

Inspects all the pumps and settings before commencing the pumping process

Takes a sample of the product and then analyses it to assess the product density before commencing the charging process

Reports any out-of-spec analyses to the Foreman and will only start the pumping when completely satisfied with the product quality

Reports any out-of-spec settings or equipment to the Foreman and will only start the pumping when completely satisfied with the mechanics of the process

Engages the pumping process and loading the holes according to the design specs while ensuring all prescribed SHERQ requirements are met

Takes a sample of the product as per BME standards, and/or customer requirements, to ensure that the product quality remains within spec and records it on the sheet provided

Performs general administrative duties such as correct completion of loading sheets, and pre-use checklists, as per BME standards.

Complete grease schedules, calibrations, and truck performance.

Supervises the work of the Truck Assistant

Job Competencies-Truck driving skills under all road conditions - Numerical skills - Attention to detail - Accuracy-Mechanical ability (advantageous) - Interpersonal skills - Troubleshooting (Fault finding) - Communication skills (verbal) - Safety Conscious-Quality Conscious-Reliable - Team Working-Driving heavy-duty vehicles.

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