The Environmental graduate will receive practical, hands-on training designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world industrial application, while assisting with the implementation of environmental management strategies at the mine and gaining practical workplace experience to support professional development.

Environmental Compliance 

• Develop a research project on biodiversity and community recovery by assessing insect composition and diversity at both rehabilitated and reference sites.
• At the end of the programme, the graduate will be required to present a technical report detailing the learning outcomes and to submit a research project on the main problem identified, including recommendations on how it should be addressed.

Environmental Performance / Output 

• Assist with bird monitoring at water ponds and report any faunal mortalities.
• Support the collection of grass and woody species seeds for rehabilitation purposes.
• Assist with the maintenance and repair of rehabilitation slopes.
• Support the relocation and transplanting of seedlings onto rehabilitation sites.
• Assist with land-clearing surveys and close-out audits.
• Support daily and monthly water quality monitoring, including potable water sampling.
• Assist with particulate matter (PM₁₀) monitoring and dust fallout monitoring setup.
• Support on-site and neighbouring farm water level monitoring.
• Assist with weather data downloads, rainfall monitoring, and evaporation rate recording.
• Support bioremediation activities and rehabilitation assessments, including Landscape Function Analysis.
• Assist in updating biodiversity registers and analysing biodiversity and rehabilitation monitoring data.
• Support research into innovative practices and technologies related to mine closure.
• Perform other duties as reasonably requested by the Supervisor.

Safety, Health and Environment