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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
• 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 “Roughneck”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Data entry software