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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
• Bottom Hole Pressure Recording Operator Helper
• Boring Machine Operator Helper
• Blaster Helper
• Blaster

Tasks for “Churn Driller Helper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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