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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
• 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
• Blaster

Tasks for “Laborer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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