Belt Splicer

Essential Skills for the role:

• Conveyor belt splicing: Steel Cord; hot and cold splicing and ply fabric belts
• Refurbishment of belts

Key Skills (Preferred)

• Basic rigging; lifting and slinging loads
• Pulley lagging (ceramic; poly and rubber lagging)
• Rubber lining
• Overhead Crane Operation

Personality and character attributes:

• Commitment to workplace health and safety regulations
• Ability to communicate; work well as part of a team and build strong relationships
• Professional presentation, and the ability to project positively to peers; customers and management
• High energy levels and a ‘can do’ positive attitude, with the ability to apply common sense and initiative
• ‘Self-starter’ and motivated to learn and develop personally and professionally
• Able to accept critical feedback and learn from experiences
• Able to accept instruction and direction from management and client representatives
• Ethical and honest, willing to speak out when appropriate
• Friendly nature but firm and fair
• Ability to work in remote and isolated locations, spending prolonged periods of time away from family and loved ones

Key Experience

• General conveyor drive maintenance; belt splicing and rubber lining and lagging
• Must have on-site experience in a conveyor maintenance crew on a mine / quarry site
• Must be able to demonstrate a minimum of 4 years’ experience validated with references
• Must be adept to working under pressure and to tight schedules and deadlines

Your day-to-day responsibilities:

(Occupational Health and Safety Obligations)

• Maintain a hazard free workplace in accordance with safe work procedures
• Comply with ALL operating procedures and company safety policies
• Work to customer safety requirements
• Complete risk assessments and safety observation sheets as required
• Ensure use of correct manual handling techniques
• Effective use and storage of dangerous goods
• Complete mine site inductions as required
• Maintain currency for all required mandatory safety training

(Workplace daily tasks)

• Perform splicing and repairs on all types of conveyor belts including steel cord belts; hot and cold splice belts and ply fabric belts
• Installing conveyor belts using rigging gear; winches and cranes as required to install conveyor system components
• Use overhead cranes / chain blocks to move belt in to position to perform mapping inspection and repairs
• Disassemble conveyor system by removing components of system (guards; scrapers; rollers; stringers and frames) to gain access to belt to perform splice. May involve locking of counter weights (Hydraulics)
• Perform conveyor belt mapping on pulleys, rollers or belts and report on condition of equipment. Using instruments eg: Durometer to report on belt specifications; density and or thickness. Provide a recommendation on maintenance requirements and extent of splice required
• Lag and repair pulleys, involving stripping and painting pulleys; using adhesive and solvents to apply appropriate lagging
• Conduct refurbishment / maintenance of conveyor belts as instructed
• Reassembling system once repairs are complete, including fitting; cleaning and lubrication of pulleys and system parts
• Erecting rigging to lift rolls of belt in to position and load on to trucks
• Conduct yourself in a professional and appropriate manner when on client sites and accommodation
• Present to work drug and alcohol free (random testing conducted regularly in company and client sites and workshops)