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

Tasks for “Powder Carrier”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Data entry software
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel