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Helpers--Extraction Workers

$43.11K Median Salary 1.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 23% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Continuous Miner Operator Helper, Driller Helper, Driller's Assistant, Longwall Machine Operator Helper, Miner Helper, Powderman, Salt Miner

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Manual Dexterity

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Control Precision

Multilimb Coordination

Reaction Time

Far Vision

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Static Strength

Trunk Strength

Depth Perception

Finger Dexterity

Rate Control

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Selective Attention

Auditory Attention

Deductive Reasoning

Extent Flexibility

Hearing Sensitivity

Perceptual Speed

Response Orientation

Stamina

Visualization

Dynamic Strength

Flexibility of Closure

Gross Body Coordination

Gross Body Equilibrium

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Expression

Spatial Orientation

Speech Recognition

Knowledge

Mechanical

English Language

Transportation

Mathematics

Skills

Monitoring

Operations Monitoring

Equipment Maintenance

Operation and Control

Repairing

Troubleshooting

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Equipment Selection

Quality Control Analysis

Active Listening

Judgment and Decision Making

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Office suite software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Tools

Detonators

Two way radios

Pneumatic rock drills

Front end loaders

Boring or sinking machinery

Blasting caps

Reamer blade

Grease guns

Rotary drills

Pry bars

Hoists

Levels

Mud tanks

Sump pumps

Belt conveyors

Forklifts

Combination wrenches

Hydraulic pumps

Rock cutters

Boring machines

Pressure or steam cleaners

Derricks

Track excavators

Core drills

Light trucks or sport utility vehicles

Mud pumps

Claw hammer

Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine

Augers

Longwall shears

Personal computers

Abilities

Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Knowledge

Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Skills

Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Equipment Selection: Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software

Tools

Detonators: Remote detonation systems
Two way radios:
Pneumatic rock drills: Pneumatic rock drilling tools
Front end loaders: Wheeled front end loaders
Boring or sinking machinery: Power augers
Blasting caps: Explosive blasting caps
Reamer blade: Bell reamers
Grease guns:
Rotary drills: Mud rotary drills; Rotary drilling tools
Pry bars:
Hoists: Hoisting equipment
Levels: Optical levels
Mud tanks: Drilling mud tanks
Sump pumps: Discharger pumps
Belt conveyors: Conveyer belt systems
Forklifts:
Combination wrenches: Adjustable combination wrenches
Hydraulic pumps:
Rock cutters: Rock saws
Boring machines: Boring bars; Computerized numerical control CNC boring machines; Line boring machines; Screw pocket machines
Pressure or steam cleaners: Pressure cleaners
Derricks: Truck mounted derricks
Track excavators: Compact excavators; Hydraulic excavators; Tracked excavators
Core drills: Air rotary drills; Blasthole drills; Core drill rigs
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles: Utility trucks
Mud pumps: Mud pumping equipment
Claw hammer: Claw hammers
Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine: Underwater welding equipment
Augers: Bucket augers; Hand augers
Longwall shears:
Personal computers:

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