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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
• 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
• Blaster

Tasks for “Extractions Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Data entry software