Mineral Resources Manager
OFO Code: 132202
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 132202
- Occupation
- Mineral Resources Manager
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- MANAGERS
- Unit group
- 1322 · Mining Managers
Official description
Mining managers plan, direct, and coordinate the production activities of mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction operations.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Mining Exploration Manager, Resource Geologist, Chief Geologist (Mining), Mine Design and Planning Manager, Planning Manager (Mining), Chief Surveyor (Mining), Mine Planning Manager, Technical Services Manager (Mining), Chief Mine Planner, Exploration Manager, Grade Controller (Mining), Chief of Mining Services, Geology Manager (Mining)
- Coordinating the implementation of health and safety requirements
- Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff
- Controlling the operation of plant and quality procedures through planning of maintenance, designation of operating hours and supply of equipment
- Evaluating efficiency of production sites to determine adequacy of personnel, equipment and technologies used, and make changes to work schedule or equipment when necessary
- Overseeing the acquisition and installation of new plant and equipment
- Conferring with other managers to set production quotas, plan extraction sites and develop policies for the removal of raw materials
- Establishing and managing budgets, monitoring production output and costs, and adjusting processes and resources to minimize costs
- Researching and implementing regulatory and statutory requirements affecting mineral extraction operations and the environment
- Controlling the preparation of production records and reports
- Planning details of production activities in terms of output quality and quantity, cost, time available and labour requirements
2. Demand status
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned