Diamond drill operator - surface mining and quarrying
Major Drilling Group International Inc. Kamloops, British Columbia
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 84 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Outdoors
- Remote location
- Determine depth and diameter of blast holes
- Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted rotary drilling to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry
- Read instructions or diagrams and lay out drill patterns
- Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
- Operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes
- Drive and operate air-track or other drilling machines to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry
- Operate drilling machines to drill blast holes in rock at road or other construction sites
- Train staff
- Supervise staff
- Rig and hoist equipment
- Operate snowmobiles
- Maintain equipment
- Complete reports
- Collect samples of materials for analysis
- Work with minimal supervision
- Follow emergency and safety procedures
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment
- Diamond drill
- Drilling machine
- Drug test
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Driver's abstract
- Willing to travel regularly
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Repetitive tasks
- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Team player
- Organized
- Proactive
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- Bonus
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Other benefits
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Salary: $40.00 to $50.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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