Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies. Our global network comprises more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries, with over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil production assets, farms and agricultural facilities. Our strategy is to maintain and build upon our position as a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities worldwide. We employ over 150,000 employees and contractors, who collectively work to deliver our strategy and support our values of safety, integrity, responsibility, openness, simplicity and entrepreneurialism. Its these people that we value above all else. They are our greatest asset.

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We are currently accepting applications for the following position located in the Witbank, Mpumalanga area.

Training Officer - Opencast 

The successful candidate in this role is responsible to analyse and consolidate learning and development needs for Opencast Blasting, coordinating training interventions and ensuring that training materials are available and up to date, delivering training and oversee that the delivery of training interventions as well as assessments and moderation are undertaken to the required internal standards and in line with the legislative framework, i.e. Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) and Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

Key Responsibilities

• Consolidating the training needs from the Complexes in area of responsibility to enable the formulation of the annual training plan and providing input into the Annual Training Plan and Workplace Skills Plan.
• Ensuring that course schedules in area of responsibility are developed, loaded, published and available for bookings to be scheduled on SAP and that training materials and assessments are prepared for each training intervention.
• Ensuring that a fixed asset register is maintained, and that equipment, tools and materials used in training are properly maintained and available.
• Conducting reviews to identify opportunities to optimise processes and systems by reviewing own system and consulting with the team and providing feedback to the HRD Superintendent.
• Ongoing engagement with internal stakeholders on their needs and keeping up with external development within the field to ensure that internal processes keep up and meet customer needs.
• Engaging and liaising with Safety Discipline Supervisors, Middle Management and Development Committee Members to ensure that training materials are reviewed, meeting the skills and competency requirements and addressing organisational and safety challenges and changes.
• Ensuring that materials, assessment guides and tests are aligned with Glencore Coal SA\s Quality Management Systema (QMS), SETA & QCTO requirements.
• Ensuring that pre-training assessments, training delivery assessments and moderation are conducted in line with internal procedures, SETA & QCTO requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification.
• Opencast Blasting Certificate for Coal Mines.
• Assessor Certificate.
• Moderator Certificate.
• Driver’s License (Code EB/08).

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 5 years mining industry experience, 2 of which must be at least at an Assistant Training Officer level.
• Good understanding of the business processes and policies related to the blasting practices.
• Good understand of the Skills Development Action, Sector Education & Training Authority (SETA/MQA) and Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).
• MS Office proficiency.

Behaviour Competencies:

• Ability to drill into the detail of issues to determine root cause whilst considering urgency, importance, risk and reward factors.
• Ability to take the lead, set objectives, sequence processes/initiatives/projects and organise resources to manage risk and achieve objectives.
• Ability to maintain high levels of individual and team performance by driving the achievement of goals, s and financial objectives.
• Ability to treat diverse groups of people with respect and to effectively employ this diversity to the advantage of the Company.