Required skills communication skills to: consult effectively with clients and colleagues impart knowledge and ideas through oral, written and visual means write technical reports initiative and enterprise skills to translate requirements into design literacy skills to: assess, develop and use workplace information prepare and manage documentation and information flow read and write key performance reports, including technical reports numeracy skills to: analyse errors perform mental calculations record with accuracy and precision undertake high level computations organisational skills to plan and prioritise activities to meet contractual requirements project-management skills to: identify needs coordinate activity to conduct open mine pit surveying operation monitor and document activity within designated timeframes spatial skills to: exercise precision and accuracy in relation to mine surveying archive and retrieve spatial manage and manipulate spatial data manage files solve complex problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation technology skills to: use computers to develop business documentation use instruments when conducting open mine pit surveying Required knowledge abilities of work teams accuracy and precision requirements advances in current mining technology balance that must be maintained between economic viability, sustainable resource development and environmental factors as related to the mining industry basic characteristics of common ore deposits specialised surveying equipment requirements and accessibility classification of economic mineral deposits and the process involved in presenting a schematic model concept of mining in terms of objectives, types, classifications and purpose data capture and data set out data formats data management data reduction and manipulation techniques drilling methods applicable to mining operations drilling purpose drilling techniques applicable to blasting in mining operations drilling techniques used for sampling rock and unconsolidated sands engineering-related tasks and associated computations explosives, blasting and blasting practices applicable to mining operations legislative, statutory and industry requirements and standards limitations of the guidelines relating to equipment, measuring and analysis mineral exploration methods: geophysical, geochemical and geological techniques OHS guidelines organisational policies phases and stages of exploration procedure, and possible methods of exploration relevant to each planning and control processes principles of explosives and the types of properties of commercially available explosives processes and procedures involved in undertaking exploration of mineral deposits project guidelines project review procedures safe work practices in all aspects of surface mining, including explosives scope of mining in terms of cultural, economical and social significance spatial reference systems surveying equipment for data capture surveying reference systems terminology and nomenclature applicable to mining |