What are the responsibilities and job description for the Miner Assistant position at HECLA MINING CO.?
SUMMARY
The Miner Assistant operates equipment to mine silver, lead, and zinc in an underground hard rock mine.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Assist with all phases of underground mining activities.
- Operate mining machinery, including slushers, jacklegs, and stopper drills, to shear ore from the working face.
- Perform duties required to ensure safety and to support the mining advance, including scaling loose rock from the walls and roof, drilling and installing rock bolts, extending and installing air and water pipes, ventilation, operating ore loading machinery, constructing timber supports and cribbing, and rehab of existing access.
- Safely operate equipment underground.
- Communicate using the squawker, station bells, work bells, pager phone, and leaky feeder radio.
- Participate in Risk Assessment activities as required.
- Participate in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) as required.
- Maintain a high standard of housekeeping in the workplace.
QUALIFICATIONS
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Basic computer skills preferred.
- Proven safe work record required.
- Excellent attendance history required.
- Willingness to work in team-based environment required.
