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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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• Microsoft Office
• Data entry software