New Job Offer At Newmont Ghana

There is an amazing job vacancy at Newmont. They are searching for a Technician Core Shed to operate at Yamfo Afrisipa, Ahafo, Ghana. This role shall assist the exploration geologists and supervisor core shed in the day-to-day management of the core shed operations, including contractor staff and equipment usage.

Your Duties:

• Collect multi-element and hyperspectral data respectively using a portable XRF (pXRF) and Terraspec HALO devices.
• Assist with geological data capturing including but not limited to drilling and field mapping.
• Ensure drill core is delivered to the core shed daily and timely from drills for processing. Check core blocks to ensure accuracy of hole IDs, core-tray labels and core depth indicated by drillers. 
• Prepare drill core for logging by putting on metre marks and indicating core loss zones. Ensure sample tags are prepared after geologist has logged and put in sample breaks. 
• Ensure that core photos are properly taken, named according to the correct naming convention, and securely archived at the appropriate destination on the server.
• Ability to accurately collect other geoscience data through core cutting and sampling
• Carryout core sampling based on cut sheet generated by geologist and appropriately place samples in correct bags with labels and insert recommended QAQC materials for assaying
• Maintain stock levels of drilling and sampling consumables (eg. Core trays, core blocks, sample bags marker pens and CRM samples) and raise supply order to replenish depleted stocks timely. 
• Liaise with assay lab to ensure pulp samples are periodically transported from the lab for storage. 
• Work with the drilling geologists to review and update core processing procedures. 
• Regularly enter daily drill plods data into drill spreadsheet and undertake other relevant general duties assigned by geologists.