Training Officer Mining at Anglo American

Job Description:

As Training Officer Mining you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Safety, Health, and Environment

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.

• Act as a role model and reinforce a workplace culture where safety and health for the site are paramount.
• Provide an environment for learners to challenge and act on unsafe behaviours without repercussions.

Collect and summarise the specific risks within the working area and implement plans/systems to avoid these risks.

• Review and assess the impact of critical risks and monitor the effectiveness of critical controls relevant to the work area.
• Identify PUEs and monitor critical control performance for learners.
• Embed critical controls into the daily work practices of learners.

Manage Safety and Health systems within the work area.

• Assess the safety leadership capabilities of learners.
• Assess learners ‘fitness for duty’ and take any subsequent necessary action.
• Engage in physical safety checks, interventions, and coaching.
• Create safety reports and manage analysis of KPIs based on available data.
• Report deficiencies and implement plans to address deficiencies.
• Facilitate continual safety audits to ensure all safety requirements are met.
• 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.
• Provide a Learning Supervisor and Learning Delivery Coordinator attendance report after each Training Shift.
• Provide and continuously maintain a GAP analysis of training requirements in the area of responsibility
• 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 the 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 HME.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Relevant ETDP Qualification/Certificate on NQF5
• A2 Safety Training & Legal Liability
• Assessor & Moderator Certificate
• SA Driver’s License

Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Understand adult learning principles and methodologies.
• Knowledge of training needs analysis, curriculum development, and instructional design.
• 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.
• In-depth understanding of engineering maintenance tasks related to HME machines in opencast mines
• Familiarity in dealing with and coordinating training provider activities to ensure the continuous development of own and contractor employees.

Closing Date:

• 24 October, 2025