Qualifications

• EC1 Licence
• Dangerous Goods and Passengers permit (DGP)
• Experience
• The candidate needs to have a minimumof 3 years Truck Driving experience (preferably in the mining environment)
• 5 years’ experience in driving Heavy Duty Vehicles (EC1)
• Knowledge of Ms Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email) is advantageous 

Duties

• Conducting  the prescribed pre-use inspections and completion of the checklist prior to use of the truck
• Ensuring that immediate corrections or repairs must be brought about before driving off when any problems in the red category are detected
• Makes the necessary corrections or repairs in the event of detecting any problems in the blue category, on site if possible, otherwise to report this for correction within 24 hours
• Signs the checklist and ensures that it is also signed by the Foreman and the mechanic
• Calibrates the instrumentation on the truck plant to ensure that all metrics remain correct or after major repairs were done on the vehicle, on a monthly basis
• Cleans the vehicle on an ongoing basis so that it is presentable in the eye of the public and takes personal pride in it
• Completes for Truck Performance administration daily
• Greases, captures and signs off the truck on a weekly basis
• Calibrates the sample required scale daily
• Drives the truck safely and responsibly in all weather conditions and on all road surface conditions when picking up or delivering product to the blasting site that they are  responsible for
• Ensures that all the prescribed legal paperwork is in truck (e.g., copies of manufacturing permits, CTP, TTP, as stated in work instruction)
• Supervises the loading of the truck at the silos with the required product by the Truck Assistant