Experience

• 

  Global Tunnelling Experts

  • Woodshith

  • Miner

    • Jan 2021 - Present
    • Woodshith

• 

  Career Synopsis (below)

  • Mining & Tunneling

    • 1975 - Present

    An accomplished Miner & Tunneller (Shotfirer, Hand Shotcreting, Shaft Sinking, Transmixer, Hand Tunnelling, Air Leg); .with impressive experience as a Loader: (CAT IT 14G, CAT 960F, Bob Cat, and Hag Loader); Driver and Operator. My drilling experience covers Atlas Copco Roc 742 Rig, Casagrande C6 + C6A, Tamrock Twinboom Hydro Electric, Hand’s England, Hymac, ECM, Atlas Copco, Ingersol Rand ECM, Holman Zoom Track, Drifter + DTH . Proven in complying with strict Health & Safety (no incidents reported) and quality processes while meeting tight time constraints under pressure and within safety-critical work scopes.

• 

  R & B BLASTING LIMITED

  • DRILLER

    • Oct 2019 - Present

    • Hard rock quarry's and opencast coal mine drilling and blasting throughout the U.K.

• 

  Joseph Gallagher Limited

  • Woodsmith Mine, UK

  • MINER & MUD TECHNICIAN

    • Sep 2018 - Oct 2019
    • Woodsmith Mine, UK

    • Mined a 9-metre diameter shaft. • Used a Herrenknecht VSM and slipform to a competed depth of 115 meters.• Transferred onto the mud separation plant and centrifuge as a Mud Technician.• Then moved to an 8.1 segmental metre shaft building concrete segments.

• 

  Kansai Mining Corporation

  • Salcombe Devon, England (Venezuela)

  • GENERAL MANAGER

    • May 2006 - May 2018
    • Salcombe Devon, England (Venezuela)

    • General Manager of a diamond mine in Venezuela.• Worked on the construction of a Bulk Sampling Plant • Worked on a 10 tph DMS and X-ray module and control cabin• Constructed the slimes and water dams and a 4 Km access road from the main road across heavily forested and hilly terrain.

• 

  Mowlem Johnston plc.

  • Leeds, UK.

  • MINER & SHAFT SINKING FOREMAN

    • May 2005 - May 2006
    • Leeds, UK.

    • Employed as miner and shaft sinking foreman, casting concrete segments.

• 

  Costain Skanska Bachy

  • Stratford, London, UK.

  • LEADING MINER

    • Jan 2002 - May 2005
    • Stratford, London, UK.

    • Initially started on the NATM shaft, then on completion transferred to WIRTH TBM Ring building.

• 

  as below

  • Early Career Summary

    • 1974 - 2002

    December 1999 - January 2002GENERAL FOREMANDrillquest Limited, Wigan, UK.May 1999 - October 1999PRODUCTION MANAGERDiamond Works (Branch Energy), London, UK / (Alluvial Diamond Mine, Angola).July 1998 - May 1999GENERAL FOREMANDales Drilling Company Ltd. Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UKJanuary 1997 - June 1998SHIFT BOSSEurogold Madencilik A.S. (Ovacik Gold Mine, Izmir, Turkey).July 1995 - December 1996TUNNEL MINER TO LEADING MINERCostain / Taylor Woodrow Joint Venture, (Jubilee Line, UK).January 1993 - July 1995DRILLER & SHOTFIRER TO GENERAL FOREMANDales Drilling Company Ltd. (Horton-in-Ribblesdale, UK).September 1991 - January 1993DRILLING & SHOTFIRING SUPERVISORPeak Drilling Services, (Stonedge, Chesterfield, UK).June 1989 - August 1991SHOTCRETING MINER & ERECTOR DRIVERTranslink Joint Venture (Channel Tunnel Contractors, Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, UK).April 1988 - June 1989SHAFT MINING CONTROLLERGreenwich Resources PLC (Gebeit Gold Mine, Sudan).January 1984 - April 1988DRILLER / SHOTFIRER (SUPERVISOR)Peak Drilling Services, (Stonedge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK)June 1982 - October 1983TUNNEL MINERBalfour Beatty (NiggBay, Aberdeen, Scotland).September 1987 - March 1982LEADING MINERSAMUK, (Cambokeels Mine, Co. Durham, UK).October 1975 - September 1978TUNNEL MINERTyne Tees Tunnelling, (Frosterly, Co. Durham, UK).October 1975 - September 1978TUNNEL MINERTyne Tees Tunnelling, (Frosterly, Co. Durham, UK).June 1974 - September 1975BANKSMAN & ONSETTERForaky, (Burtree Pasture Mine, Co. Durham, UK).September 1971 - June 1974PLANT OPERATOR, BANKSMAN & ONSETTERBritish Steel Corporation, (Blackdene Mine, Co. Durham, UK).Please see my CV for further details.https://www.cv-service.org/cvxl2/miner/BrianFletcher-CV4LI.pdf