Mining and quarrying labourers perform routine tasks in mining and quarrying operations.
Skill level:
Unskilled
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- 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.
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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