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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
- 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
- Blaster
Tasks for “Driller”
- Organize materials to prepare for use.
- Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
- Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.
- Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
- Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.
- Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
- Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.
- Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.
- Dismantle extracting and boring equipment used for excavation, using hand tools.
- Dig trenches.
- Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
- Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.
- Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
- Unload materials, devices and machine parts, using hand tools.
Related Technology & Tools
- Claw hammers
- Hoisting equipment
- Personal computers
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Hand augers
- Electrical detonators
- Utility trucks
- Lube guns
- Core drill rigs
- Raise drills
- Mud rotary drills
- Four-wheel drive front end loaders
- Rig mud pumps
- Materials conveyors
- Compact tracked excavators
- Power rock coring drills
- Field forklifts
- Drilling mud tanks
- Hydraulic rams
- Remote firing devices
- Prying tools
- Mobile radios
- Explosive blasting caps
- Multipurpose wrenches
- Longwall shears
- Portable sump pumps
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Spirit levels
- High pressure steam cleaners
- Hydraulic boring machines
- Bell reamers
- Cutting machines
- Microsoft Office
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Excel