Pieter van Wyk

I am currently working as a Senior Strata control officer in the Geotechnical Engineering department for Harmony Gold on Doornkop shaft and have achieved various mining related qualifications and experience. I have 29 years’ experience in various disciplines in the mining industry. I am interested in broadening my horizons and to explore new challenges. I also plan to further my studies in the Rock Engineering field in the near future.

Senior Strata Control Officer, Harmony Gold, 2010 – date

Ensuring safety pertaining to rock and support conditions

Train production crews on all safety aspects of support installations and general safety related hazards and risks

Attend and give input and advice on production and service crew safety meetings on a regular basis

Daily inspections on working places with regards to safety, ground conditions and support installations 

Advising on safety with regards to layouts and support and strata control issues 

Submitting professional daily reports to relevant parties

Making Management aware of safety breaches and discrepancies and advise Management on recommended changes in standards and/or procedures.

Numerical modelling 

Produce and discuss weekly, monthly and annual industry information and statistics at weekly production safety meetings and make recommendations on future safety related changes   

Investigating and implementation of new support systems

Advising on and implementing of mine standards

Safety Officer, Liviero Civils: 2010 

Create weekly and monthly reports and statistics to submit to stakeholders and governing company

Take stock and maintain the material yard 

Daily risk assessments 

Daily safety inspections 

Assisting site agent and site Manager with various tasks 

Train production crews on all safety aspects and safety related hazards and risks

Submitting professional daily reports to relevant parties

Making Management aware of safety breaches and discrepancies

Advising Management on recommended changes in standards and/or procedures.

Production Supervisor, Harmony Gold, 2009 – 2010

Supervise several production crews

Compile and control budget and finances

Strategic planning and implementing of production and safety objectives 

Enforce safety rules, procedures, and legislation 

Safety, budget and production paperwork, recordkeeping and filing

Material ordering, transport, and deliveries

Reclamation and re-conditioning of used materials

Do financial, production and safety planning

Reach monthly production targets 

Comply with legal requirements, standards, and procedures 

Explosives control

Reporting to the Head of Department on all of the above

Acting Mine Overseer, Harmony Gold, 2008

Same as for Logistics co-ordinator but for the entire department of 4 

Logistics co-ordinators

Reporting to the Mine Manager on all of the above

Safety Officer, Harmony Gold, 2007-2008

Comply with requirements of Department of Minerals and Energy 

Investigate, remedy and prevent accidents and incidents 

Implement and enforce safety campaigns and drives 

Conduct risk assessments and task observations 

Compile and revise codes of practice 

Conduct safety visits and safety meetings

Coordinate Safety, Health, and Environment training 

Compile COP’s 

Compile Safety, Health and Environment reports 

Analyse statistics and formulation of trend analysis 

Logistics Coordinator, Harmony Gold, 2005 – 2007

Compile and control budget and finances

Strategic planning and implementing of production and safety objectives 

Enforce safety rules, procedures, and legislation 

Safety, budget and production paperwork, recordkeeping and filing

Material ordering, transport, and deliveries

Reclamation and re-conditioning of used materials

Production and safety planning. 

Reporting to the Head of Department on all of the above

Stoper/Developer, Harmony Gold, 2000 – 2005

All aspects of tunnelling, on both horizontal and inclined 

Trackless mining, development, and stoping included 

Supervise several production crews

Enforce safety rules, procedures, and legislation 

Reach monthly production targets 

Comply with legal requirements, standards, and procedures 

Explosives control

Reporting to the Shift Boss on all of the above

Shaft Timberman, Harmony Gold, 1999 – 2000

Maintenance and repairs to shaft and shaft headgear, shaft tips, stations, 

shaft bottom, loading stations and surface conveyor belts.

Slinging of long material down the mine shaft 

Concrete and steelwork of required areas

Blasting of blocked shaft ore pass and plant silo chutes

Cleaning all shaft stations and shaft loading boxes

Banksman/Onsetter, Harmony Gold, 1994 – 1999

Conveying men and material down and controlling shaft operations 

Ensure safety in & around the mine shaft 

Check drains, dam levels, air, and water supply on levels

MATRIC 

A COURSE IN BASIC MECHANICAL WORK 

ELECTRICAL INSPECTION 

ONSETTER OR BANKSMAN CERTIFICATE 

N1: NATIONAL TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE 

N2: NATIONAL TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE 

BLASTING CERTIFICATE FOR SCHEDULED MINES 

EXAMINE AND DECLARE A WORKING PLACE SAFE 

MINE OVERSEER’S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY 

SHE PRINCIPALS AND PROCEDURES 

INTRODUCTION TO SAMTRAC (HIRA) 

SAMTRAC 

INCIDENT INVESTIGATION LEVEL 3 

HIRAC TRAINING - SASOL

SAFETY REP TRAINING

STRATA CONTROL TRAINING 

STRATA CONTROL CERTIFICATE 

MICRO STATION FOR MINING AND BENTLEY INSTITUTE