Senior HSE Trainer at Newmont Corporation

About The Job
About This Role

• To develop, deliver, conduct, assess and evaluate mandatory and required theoretical and practical Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) training administered to new employees, contractors and daily hire staff, on all HSE trainings / topics, for Learning and Development (L&D) orientation and specific Human Resource training, within Newmont mine.

In This Role You Will:

• Training, Planning and Preparation
• Assist with staff training development needs and identification.
• Develop lesson plans, according to the Health and Safety topic presented.
• Investigate, research, design and build training materials relating to Health and Safety in the mine environment.
• Assist in the revision of existing training topic materials.
• Develop effective induction programmes and deliver technical hazards training programs such as confined space entry training, safe work at height, lockout tagout and try out, chemical awareness.
• Develop and deliver safety piece in the labour pool program.
• Coordinate labour pool programmes and organize logistics for the program.
• Assist in training room /class set and preparation before training starts.
• Assist in developing and reviewing of training schedules and plans to meet the demands of the business.

Training Assessments:

• Train and assess both Newmont employees and contractors, in accordance with approved and prescribed Newmont Africa Health and Safety principles.
• Assess experienced employees to establish current levels of competency.
• Identify competency gaps arising from the assessment and recommend appropriate level of training that will be required.
• Maintain complete training record rosters of all classroom training given, in accordance with Newmont and Learning and Development department requirements.
• Assist with the evaluation of existing Newmont Health and Safety training programs.
• Assist and guide the participants who cannot read and write properly to understand questions to be able choose the correct answer.

Training Syllabus:

• Assist in the development of Health and Safety modules and related training materials.
• Adhere strictly to the training policies of Newmont Africa and align to global training standards.

Training Execution:

• Emphasize the importance of Health and Safety in all aspects of the delivery of training to drive the culture of zero harm.
• Conduct general inductions and other relevant mandatory Health and Safety trainings for both new hires and contractors.
• Conduct both instructor-led and face-to-face Health and Safety training for employees and contractors.
• Conduct Health and Safety refresher training for current employees and contractors.
• Maintain all necessary processes and procedures, as outlined in Learning Solution (LSO).
• Ensure all training records are entered in SAP and training assessments are properly filed.

Training Evaluations:

• Prepare and present reports on training outcomes for the Learning and Development department.
• Monitor progress of employees and contractors (on the field) and provide ongoing training and instruction, as required.
• Give feedback to contractors on various trainings.
• Prepare weekly training reports.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist;

• Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
• Higher National Diploma in Health and Safety.

Additional Knowledge:

• Workplace Trainer and Assessor Certification is preferable.
• Health, Safety & Environment Officer Certification (MINCOM).
• Sound theoretical, practical knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety principles in a large-scale gold mining project.
• Sound knowledge of competency-based curricula.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ working experience in an instructional training and delivery environment, preferably with a Health and Safety background.
• Technical Skills
• Excellent teaching and facilitation skills.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Sound computer literacy skills - MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Sound information monitoring and management skills.
• Sound planning, organizing and prioritizing skills.

Behavioral Attributes:

• Accuracy.
• Creativity.
• Customer focused.
• Goal orientated.
• Reliable.
• Independent.
• Safety Conscious.
• Transparent.

Working Conditions:

• Position is located at the Ahafo North mine.
• Incumbent may have to work additional hours and days to maintain the integrity of the training program.
• Incumbent may have to travel to domestic sites in the performance of duties.