Fitter and Turner

African Mining and Crushing SA Vacancies – Fitter and Turner

Join African Mining and Crushing SA (Pty) Ltd as a Fitter and Turner, responsible for operating machines to produce parts or tools through various metalworking processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Operating machines for turning, boring, milling, planning, shaping, slotting, grinding, or drilling metal stock or components.
• Fitting, assembling, grinding, and shaping metal parts and sub-assemblies to fabricate production machines and equipment.
• Setting up machine tools for standardized series production of metal articles.
• Operating and monitoring metalworking machines, including lathes, milling, planning, boring, drilling, grinding, or honing machines, including numerically controlled ones.
• Performing similar tasks for machining plastics and other metal substitutes.
• Observing machine operations to detect defects in workpieces or malfunctions in machines, adjusting as necessary.
• Inspecting workpieces for defects and measuring them to ensure machine accuracy, using measuring instruments.
• Changing worn machine accessories, such as cutting tools and brushes, with hand tools.
• Performing mathematical calculations to ensure high accuracy according to blueprints/plans for material measurement.
• Maintaining daily housekeeping on-site.
• Operating and maintaining CNC Plasma Cutting and CNC Milling Machines.

Required Skills:

• 2 to 3 years of experience as a Fitter and Turner.

Candidate Requirements:

• Fitter & Turner Trade Test (Red Seal) or Millwright qualification (Red Seal) with relevant Fitter experience.
• Submission of copies of qualifications with the application.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a qualified Fitter and Turner.
• Experience with CNC Plasma Cutting and CNC Milling Machines.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to follow instructions provided in various formats and demonstrate understanding of learned material.