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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
• 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
• Salt Miner
• 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 “Salt Miner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Data entry software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office