Helpers--Extraction Workers

Role 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.

Skills

  • Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
  • Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
  • Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Required Knowledge

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

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 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.

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