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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
• 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
• Blaster

Tasks for “Derrick Hand”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Data entry software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office