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Carried Legal Appointment Regulation 12.1 ( Occupational Hygienist/Ventilation)
Actively participate in all safety, health and Environmental programs
Ensure all working areas are audited
Ensure that audits are conducted as per DME requirements
Submit all relevant reports to DME as per requirements
Ensure effective ventilation and occupational hygiene control and reporting
Monitor the overall operati on of the section and take corrective action if needed
Receive shaft schedule and compile shaft blasting schedule, confirm schedule and distribute to relevant stakeholders
Plan air census and brief relevant staff on procedures to be followed
Identify su ccess of air measurements and reschedule if necessary
Conduct air balance, record the results and submit for approval and obtain explanation for variances
Ensure compliance to relevant standards, policies and procedures, as well as legislative requiremen ts
Ensure that operating standards and procedures are appropriate, clearly understood and adhered to
Compare the Fire Equipment Audit Plan against the Mine Standard.
Establish procedures, in line with organisational and legislative requirements
Guide and develop practices in line with applicable standards, regulations, Safety Policies and Codes of practice
Ensure that all Ventilation activities are performed in line with the Mine Health and Safety Act, Minerals Act,
ODMWA, COIDA, Water and Envir onment and Pollution Acts and DME guidelines

Oversee field examinations and report hazardous locations and materials.
Maintain management information systems that identify the location of hazardous sites, chemical inventories, and complaint investigations.
Develop and recommend solutions to eliminate pollution and environmental hazards.
Design and implement effective employee training programs.
Collect and analyze test samples of food, soil, water, and air.
Perform research and report your findings on the current environmental conditions.
Prepare clear and detailed written reports about field inspections.
Implement spill prevention programs and hazardous waste regulations.
Supply, installation, monitoring, report of fall out dust

costing and organising supplies
planning and implementing extraction systems.
assessing the feasibility of new sites
managing budgets
managing construction projects (e.g. to reclaim sites, fill in disused shafts etc)
ensuring that operations comply with health and safety requirements
training and supervising staff
liaising with and advising managerial and technical staff (geologists, engineers etc.)
ascertaining extraction risks
using specialist computer applications to maximise planning and production
analysing data
monitoring and evaluating underground performance
keeping records
making sure that equipment used is safe