Miner

• Drills holes in rock for the placement of explosives.
• o Operates hand held or machine mounted rock drills.
• o Accurately positions, aligns and drills holes following the blast‐hole plan.
•  Loads blast holes with explosives.
• o Prepares primers and detonators.
• o Loads and tamps the correct quantity of explosives in each hole as directed.
• o Assists in the completion of the blasting circuit.
•  Performs pre‐blasting and post‐blasting functions.
• o Removes drills, pumps, hoses, hand tools and equipment from the blast area.
• o Repositions pumps, hoses and equipment after the blast.
• o Adds or removes utilities as directed.
•  Ventilation ducts and devices.
•  Air lines, water lines, communication lines, rail.
•  Prepares the site for mucking (removal of broken rock).
• o Wets the muck pile to suppress blasting fumes.
• o Scales loose material from the roof and ribs using scaling bars.
• o Adds, replaces and repairs ventilation devices as necessary.
•  Assists as needed in the mucking cycle.
• o Tends hoses, unhooks and hooks muck buckets.
• o Relays signals to the Hoist Operator.
•  Installs short term roof and rib support as required.
• o Installs temporary roof jacks as required.
• o Uses hand held or machine mounted rock drills to install rock bolts in the roof and ribs.
•  Installs permanent roof and rib support.
• o Installs timbers, steel sets, steel liner plates, wooden or steel lagging as required.
• o Ties rebar, removes and resets concrete forms maintaining correct alignments.
• o Places concrete using concrete buckets or concrete pumps.
•  Generally performs all duties associated with the construction of the project that are not specifically
• assigned to others.

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