Average Salary For Rock Engineers In South Africa

The term rock engineering refers to the process of engineering with rock, and especially to creating structures on or in rock masses, such as slopes alongside roads and railways, dam foundations, shafts, tunnels, caverns, mines, and petroleum wellbores.

Rock engineer Salary In South Africa

The average rock engineer salary in South Africa is R 10 800 000 per year or R 5 538 per hour. Entry-level positions start at R 540 000 per year, while most experienced workers make up to R 10 800 000 per year.

How do I become a rock engineer in South Africa?

Many rock engineers are graduates of science or engineering, but some have mining diplomas.

The legally recognized qualification is the Chamber of Mines Rock Mechanics Certificate, which is administered by UNISA and overviewed by SATIRE (South African National Institute for Rock Engineering.

What are rock mechanics subjects?

Rock mechanics is a theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses; compared to geology, it is that branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock and rock masses to the force fields of their physical environment.

What is the significance of rock in engineering?

Uses of rocks in Civil and Highway Engineering are: Blocks of stones are used in foundations, walls, bridge piers, abutments, lighthouses, aqueducts, and retaining walls. Rocks are used for masonry work, lintels, and vertical columns, covering the floors of the building.

What is the difference between rock mechanics and rock engineering?

Thus, rock mechanics is the study of mechanics applied to rock and rock masses.

‘Engineering rock mechanics’ is this study within an engineering context, rather than in the context of natural processes that occur in the Earth’s crust, such as folding and faulting.

What are the engineering properties of rocks?

Common engineering properties typically obtained from laboratory tests include specific gravity, point load strength, compressive strength, tensile strength, shear strength, modulus, and durability.

Rock mass properties are determined by visual examination and description of discontinuities within the rock mass.