Jobs / Physical work / 47-5081.00
Helpers--Extraction Workers
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.
- US jobs
- 6,700
- Median wage
- $47,730 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of helpers--extraction workers?
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Typical tasks
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- Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
- Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
- Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.
- Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.
- Organize materials to prepare for use.
- Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.
- Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
- Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.
- Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
- Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
- Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.
- Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.
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Continuous Miner Operator Helper · Driller Helper · Driller's Assistant · Longwall Machine Operator Helper · Miner Helper · Powderman · Salt Miner · Blaster Helper · Blasting Helper · Boring Machine Operator Helper · Bottom Hole Pressure Recording Operator Helper · Churn Driller Helper · Clean Out Driller Helper · Clean-Out Driller Helper · Coal Loader · Core Drill Operator Helper · Core Driller Helper · Cutter Operator Helper · Cutting Machine Operator Helper · Derrick Hand · Derrick Helper · Derrickman Helper · Drill Helper · Drilling Assistant · Extraction Tech (Extraction Technician) · Gravity Prospecting Observer Helper · Hammerer Helper · Horizontal Earth Boring Machine Operator Helper · Jack Setter · Joy Operator Helper · Loading Machine Operator Helper · Machine Helper · Mine and Quarry Miner · Mine Laborer · Mine Milling Worker · Mine Tailings Worker · Miner Assistant · Mining Helper · Ore Digger · Powder Carrier · Pumper Helper · Raise Bore Helper · Rig Builder Helper · Roof Bolter Helper · Roof Observer · Rotary Drill Operator Helper · Rotary Driller Helper · Rotary Helper · Roughneck · Sandfill Operator · Seismic Prospecting Observer Helper · Seismograph Helper · Shale Planer Operator Helper · Shooter Helper · Shot Core Drill Operator Helper · Shot Crew Helper · Test Borer Helper · Tunnel Mucker · Wash Driller Helper