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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
• 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
• 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 “Seismograph Helper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Microsoft Excel
• Data entry software
• Microsoft Office