mining assistant
Mining assistants perform routine duties in mining and quarrying operations. They assist the miners with maintaining equipment, with laying pipes, cables and tunnels, and with removing wast.
Also called: mining laborer, mine worker assistant, mine support worker, mining labourer, quarry labourer
- 10
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- surface mine plant operator5 skills in common
- surface miner5 skills in common
- mine safety officer4 skills in common
- underground heavy equipment operator4 skills in common
- underground miner4 skills in common
- desalination technician3 skills in common
- dewatering technician3 skills in common
- mineral processing engineer3 skills in common
Optional skills
16- communicate mine equipment information
- drive vehicles
- geology
- health and safety hazards underground
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals
- lay pipe installation
- maintain mine machinery
- mechanics
- operate a range of underground mining equipment
- operate drilling equipment
- operate front loader
- operate hydraulic pumps
- operate mining tools
- operate tunnelling machine
- report mine machinery repairs
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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