Employment Percentage
-28.57142857
SOC ID
47-5041
SOC Title
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
ONET ID
47-5041.00
ONET Concat ID
47504100
Median Salary
48294.05
Ed Level High School
85.230003
Ed Level Certificate
9.64
Ed Level Some College
5.13
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.
Core Tasks
- Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.
- Conduct methane gas checks to ensure breathing quality of air.
- Check the stability of roof and rib support systems before mining face areas.
- Operate mining machines to gather coal and convey it to floors or shuttle cars.
- Drive machines into position at working faces.
- Reposition machines to make additional holes or cuts.
- Move controls to start and regulate movement of conveyors and to start and position drill cutters or torches.
- Determine locations, boundaries, and depths of holes or channels to be cut.
- Observe and listen to equipment operation to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment malfunctions.
- Repair, oil, and adjust machines, and change cutting teeth, using wrenches.
Start Annual Earnings
41673.49
Top Annual Earnings
62916.74
EMSI Career Title Slug
continuous-mining-machine-operator