Mining and quarrying labourers

Mining and quarrying labourers perform routine tasks in mining and quarrying operations.

Skill level: Unskilled

Check your pay

  • The majority of Mining and quarrying labourers earn a salary between R3 226 and R11 988 per month in 2024.
  • A monthly wage for entry-level Mining and quarrying labourers ranges from R3 226 to R6 192.
  • After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R4 163 and R8 506 per month.

Duties and tasks

  • Assisting miners and quarriers in maintaining machinery, equipment, and mine and quarry installations
  • Assembling and dismantling mining equipment
  • Removing tunnel supports from disused workings in mines and quarries
  • Removing dangerous projections from mine and quarry workings
  • Removing waste and serviceable materials and equipment from work areas after extraction activities have been completed, and clearing rock and mineral spills
  • Cleaning machinery, equipment, tools, roadways and haulage tracks
  • Sorting, loading, unloading, stacking and storing tools, materials and supplies used by other mine workers

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