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Job Description

Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5081.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,160.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
• Currently, there are 17,660 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Helpers--Extraction Workers”.

Also Known As…

• Helpers--Extraction Workers
• Underground Miner
• Salt Miner
• Mining Technician
• Miner Helper
• Maintainer
• Longwall Machine Operator Helper
• Driller Helper
• Continuous Miner Operator Helper
• Coal Miner
• Blasting Helper
• Wash Driller Helper
• Undercutter Operator
• Tunnel Mucker
• Truck Driver
• Test Borer Helper
• Tailer
• Shot Core Drill Operator Helper
• Shooter Helper
• Shale Planer Operator Helper
• Shaft Mechanic
• Seismograph Helper
• Seismic Prospecting Observer Helper
• Sandfill Operator
• Roughneck
• Rotary Helper
• Rotary Driller Helper
• Rotary Drill Operator Helper
• Roof Bolter Operator
• Roof Bolter Helper
• Rig Builder Helper
• Pumper Helper
• Powder Carrier
• Pneumatic Jack Operator
• Placer Miner
• Organic Extractions Technician
• Mining Helper
• Miner Assistant
• Miner
• Machine Helper
• Longwall Headgate Operator
• Loading Machine Operator Helper
• Loader Operator
• Laborer
• Joy Operator Helper
• Jack Setter
• Horizontal Earth Boring Machine Operator Helper
• Haul Truck Driver
• Hammerer Helper
• Gravity Prospecting Observer Helper
• Extractions Technician
• Dry-Placer Machine Operator
• Driller
• Derrickman Helper
• Derrick Helper
• Derrick Hand
• Cutting Machine Operator Helper
• Cutter Operator Helper
• Core Driller Helper
• Core Drill Operator Helper
• Clean-Out Driller Helper
• Clean Out Driller Helper
• Churn Driller Helper
• Bottom Hole Pressure Recording Operator Helper
• Boring Machine Operator Helper
• Blaster Helper

Tasks for “Blaster”

• Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
• Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
• Dig trenches.
• Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
• Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.
• Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
• Dismantle extracting and boring equipment used for excavation, using hand tools.
• Organize materials to prepare for use.
• Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.
• Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.
• Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.
• Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
• Unload materials, devices and machine parts, using hand tools.
• Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.

Related Technology & Tools

• Hand augers
• Materials conveyors
• Compact tracked excavators
• Spirit levels
• Hydraulic rams
• Multipurpose wrenches
• Utility trucks
• Lube guns
• Mud rotary drills
• Field forklifts
• Core drill rigs
• Cutting machines
• Rig mud pumps
• Bell reamers
• Portable sump pumps
• Remote firing devices
• Mobile radios
• Explosive blasting caps
• Truck-mounted derricks
• Drilling mud tanks
• Raise drills
• Four-wheel drive front end loaders
• Longwall shears
• Hydraulic boring machines
• Electrical detonators
• High pressure steam cleaners
• Hoisting equipment
• Shielded arc welding tools
• Personal computers
• Prying tools
• Power rock coring drills
• Claw hammers

• Microsoft Office
• Data entry software
• Microsoft Excel