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This document outlines the legal appointment guidelines for contractors supervising mining operations, following the MQW&M Act. It specifies requirements for managerial, electrical, and mechanical personnel, emphasizing safety, health, and environmental controls within mining sites. Key positions include Contractor Site Manager, Competent Persons, and other supervisory roles, detailing necessary qualifications for each. The guidelines ensure that all legal appointees are full-time employees and define their responsibilities in supervising contractors and managing various sections of the mine.

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  1. Department of Mines Guidelines for legal appointment under MQW&M Act, CAP 44:02 Contractor

  2. APPOINTMENTS To supervise a mine for safety, health and environment issues in terms of MQWMR, people are appointed according to the following basic organogram 6(1) - Manager 9(4)-Competent Persons (May) Shift Bosses – 17(1) (shall) Person In Charge – 18(1) (shall) And Other Appointments (Note: All legal appointees must be full time employees)

  3. Contractor Supervision & Control Regulation 8(4) It shall be deemed to be a term of any agreement pursuant to which a contractor is working that the manager thereof shall have supervision and control of all the work carried out therein by the contractor

  4. Legal AppointmentContractors • The contractual work may be carried out in an existing mining operation is generally headed by a person known as contractor site manager or subordinate manager or site agent etc. • A contractor site manager for building and construction must be appointed in terms of the regulation 250. • The portion where building and construction is to be carried out may fall under an existing 9(4) appointee or be a new area within the mining lease area.

  5. Legal AppointmentContractors • Contractor may be appointed under regulation 9(4) for a portion of a mine. • He may then appoint one or more competent persons under regulations 17 (to take care of particular section of the portion of the mine) and 18 (in charge of working place within a section or workmen) to assist him to have control, management and direction of that portion of the mine. • Plant general foremen, shift foremen, shift boss, deputy shift boss – as per MQWM regulation 17(1) • Person in charge (first line supervisor) - as per MQWM regulation 18(1) (Appointments 9(4) & 17 are for a geographic area)

  6. Legal AppointmentContractor’s Electrical Personnel • Contractor’s Competent Electrical Personnel shall be appointed in terms of the MQWM Act regulation 13(2): • The Mine Electrical Engineer (13(1) appointee) will appoint the contractor subordinate engineer, electricians in charge or electricians • Contractor Electricians include electrical artisans, electrical charge hands, electrical foremen, electrical / electronics / telecommunications / computer technicians or technologists, first line maintenance superintendent, etc. • The required qualifications are: • Subordinate Electrical Engineer: at least 1st degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university • Electricians in charge: diploma in relevant engineering field with 5 years industrial experience or National Craft Certificate in relevant field with 8 years of experience • Electricians: National Craft Certificate in the relevant field • Semi-skilled and trainee electricians may not be appointed

  7. Legal AppointmentContractor’s Mechanical Personnel • Contractor’s Competent Mechanical Personnel shall be appointed in terms of the MQWM Act regulation 14(2): • The Mine Mechanical Engineer (14(1) appointee) will appoint the contractor subordinate engineer, mechanics in charge or mechanics • Mechanics include artisan riggers, fit and turners, fitters, millwrights, boilermakers, mechanical charge hands, mechanical foremen, auto-mechanics, diesel mechanics, mechanical / hydraulics / pneumatics / instrumentation / testing (mechanical) technicians or technologists, first line maintenance superintendent, etc. • The required qualifications are: • Subordinate Mechanical Engineer: at least 1st degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited university • Mechanics in charge: diploma in relevant engineering field with 5 years of industrial experience or National Craft Certificate in relevant field with 8 years of experience • Mechanics: national Craft Certificate in the relevant field • Semi-skilled and trainee mechanics may not be appointed

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