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