Trainee at Mopani Copper Mines Plc , April 2016

Mopani Copper Mines PLC, a joint venture company comprising major shareholders Glencore, First Quantum Minerals Ltd and ZCCM Investment Holdings, owns operations in Mufulira and Nkana on the Copperbelt in Zambia comprising underground mines, open pits, processing plants and engineering support services. The company’s success has been as a result of its focused approach to improvement of the mutual relationship enjoyed with its stakeholders, employees and surrounding communities. Mopani Copper Mines Pic has implemented a competence-based engineering apprenticeship programme. Special emphasis is given to the training and development of apprentices to artisan levels that will be compatible with international artisans standards in power electrical, auto-electrical, instrumentation, diesel fitting, plating/welding, fitting and machining, and rigger/ropeman trades. The next intakes of successful applicants will be in July and October 2016 respectively.

The training will be conducted at Mopani Central Training Centre situated at Mufulira Mine Site and will be for a period of two and a half to three years. Apprentices who successfully complete the apprenticeship programme will be certified as Crafts tradesmen by TEVETA.

The following are minimum requirements:

1. Grade 12 level of education with credit in Mathematics, any Science and English.
2. Aged between 18 and 23 years.

If you satisfy the above stated minimum requirements and have the passion for a high quality trade certificate that could create great employment opportunities, we invite you to apply by sending a covering letter stating your motivation for the preferred trade,, a curriculum vitae (CV) with daytime contact phone number(s), your NRC and certified photocopies of your educational certificates to the address below:

Manpower Superintendent
Mopani Copper Mines Plc
PO Box 22000, Kitwe

Facsimile +260 2 247354
Email: recruitment@mopani.com.zm

All applications should be received by close of business on Thursday 7 April 2016 quoting reference number MCTC17OAAG10 on the envelope.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES WITH YOUR APPLICATION.

Applicants not contacted by 22 April 2016 should consider their applications as unsuccessful.

Please note that only short listed applicants will be responded to and will be subjected to security clearance check, medical assessment and competence assessment tests.