Profession mine rescue officer

Mine rescue officers coordinate mine rescue operations and need to be trained to work underground. They are the first line of response in emergency situations.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Realistic

Related professions mining

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• Miner, underground miner
• Mining engineer
• Mining geologist
• Mining helper
• Mining machine operator
• Mining machinery mechanic
• Mining technician
• Quarrying helper
• Shuttle-car, mine or quarry operator

Knowledge

• Electricity

  Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

Skills

• Process incident reports for prevention

  Verify incident information, complete reporting requirements and report to management and relevant site personnel, in order to enable follow-up and future prevention.

• Provide emergency advice

  Provide advice in first aid, fire rescue and emergency situations for employees on the site.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• React to mining emergencies

  Quickly respond to emergency calls. Provide appropriate assistance and direct first response team to incident scene.

• Maintain ambulance room stock

  Check and maintain stocks of ambulance room supplies to ensure the effective provision of emergency services.

• Investigate mine accidents

  Conduct investigation of mining accidents; identify unsafe working conditions and develop measures for improvement.

• Ensure compliance with safety legislation

  Implement safety programmes to comply with national laws and legislation. Ensure that equipment and processes are compliant with safety regulations.

• Deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances

  Strive to achieve objectives despite the pressures arising from unexpected factors outside of your control.

• Manage emergency procedures

  React quickly in case of emergency and set planned emergency procedures in motion.

• Provide emergency training

  Provide training and development in first aid, fire rescue and emergency situations for employees on the site.

• Create incident reports

  Fill in an incident report after an accident has happened at the company or facility, such as an unusual event which caused an occupational injury to a worker.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB