Job Description:

As Training Officer (E&M) you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Safety and Health

• Consistently apply Safety and Health principles in all learner interactions and take personal responsibility for the safety of self and learners to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
• Collect and summarise the specific risks within the working area and implement plans/systems to avoid these risks.
• Manage Safety and Health systems within the work area.
• Support site visits by internal and external visitors to ensure adherence to site safety systems (including induction).

Performance and Delivery

• Provide legal authorisation training activities during scheduled weekly training shifts related to authorisation-to-work procedures, SOPs, and simulation (where available) and any required learning intervention as per plan and schedule.
• Design, develop, and maintain training matrixes, materials, programs, and assessments to deliver practical training.
• Conduct practical and theoretical training sessions to equip learners with the necessary skills and knowledge.
• Assess learners against Legal Authorisation standards and processes to evaluate competency levels.
• Monitor and evaluate learners’ progress according to NQF standards and draft progress reports to track their development where applicable
• Prepare learners for assessments, ensuring they meet the required unit standard/s or learning outcome/s.
• Maintain learners’ portfolios as the MQA requires Kumba to accurately record their training progress and achievements.
• Control and maintain the administration of training documents to ensure that all records are up-to-date and easily accessible.
• Conduct need/skills assessments to determine learners’ training needs and address gaps in their knowledge or skills.
• Monitor learners’ performance and application of procedures to ensure they adhere to safety rules and apply the correct procedures.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with the company’s SHE objectives by requiring learners to adhere to and apply safety rules while completing their training.
• Stay updated with the latest developments in your expertise and maintain close contact with the mine’s relevant discipline managers/supervisors.
• Continuously engage with operational engineering leaders, understanding and responding to needs at departmental and individual levels

This role is in the People & Organisation (P&O) NC at a Band 7 level reporting to the Learning Delivery (LD) Supervisor Engineering & Portable Skills.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Relevant ETDP Qualification/Certificate on NQF5
• Higher Certificate in OD ETDP Level 05 (Preferred)
• Qualified Artisan for Engineering disciplines.
• A2 Safety Training & Legal Liability
• Assessor & Moderator Certificate
• SA Drivers Licence Code B

Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a mining engineering operational environment.
• Understand adult learning principles and methodologies.
• Knowledge of training needs analysis, curriculum development, and instructional design.
• Ability to identify hazards related to HME maintenance operations and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Knowledge of emergency response procedures and incident investigation techniques.
• Familiarity with project and resource management tools and techniques.
• Familiarity with South African mining laws, including the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), relevant regulations, safety standards and best practices in the mining industry.
• Gained an in-depth understanding of engineering maintenance tasks related to HME machines in opencast mines.
• Knowledge of legally required training such as working at heights, lock out and isolation, MV switching (electrical), etc.
• Familiarity with dealing with and coordinating training provider activities to ensure the continuous development of own and contractor employees.