Weighbridge Operator

About this role

Mine Administration runs the site's supporting functions — stores, the explosive magazine, weighbridge, dispatch, time office, security, HR, community relations and statutory compliance.

Weigh every vehicle in and out and issue the slip. The dispatch record, the royalty return and the customer invoice all begin at your desk, so it has to be right and it has to be honest.

Several of these are control points rather than clerical jobs. The weighbridge slip drives invoicing and royalty computation, the explosive register is a legal document that gets audited, and contractor labour compliance is where site operations most often get into serious trouble. Integrity in these roles matters more than experience.

Primary responsibilities

• Weigh incoming and outgoing vehicles and record it accurately
• Generate the weighment slips that dispatch, invoicing and royalty computation all depend on
• Verify vehicle and consignment details against the documentation before releasing
• Keep the weighbridge calibrated and report any suspected error immediately
• Watch for the manipulation this position is exposed to, and report it — this is a control point, not a data entry job

Skills required

Day to day this role works with Documentation, Weighbridge Operation and Data Entry.

• Twelfth standard pass with basic computer skills
• Firm with drivers who want a favour
• Basic education with good numeracy and accurate data entry
• One or more years operating a weighbridge or in a comparable control role
• Weighment slip generation, since dispatch, invoicing and royalty computation depend on it