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