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Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining - 53-7033.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Operate underground loading machine to load coal, ore, or rock into shuttle or mine car or onto conveyors. Loading equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Loader Operator
  • Loading Machine Operator
  • Shuttle Car Operator
  • Load Haul Dump Operator (LHD Operator)
  • Miner
  • Miner Operator
  • Muck Hauler
  • Production Miner
  • Under Ground Miner

SOC Occupation Groups

53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
53-7000 Material Moving Workers
53-7030 Dredge, Excavating, and Loading Machine Operators
53-7033.00 Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Advance machines in order to gather material and convey it into cars.
  • Clean hoppers, and clean spillage from tracks, walks, driveways, and conveyor decking.
  • Drive machines into piles of material blasted from working faces.
  • Estimate and record amounts of material in bins.
  • Inspect boarding and locking of open-top box cars and wedging of side-drop and hopper cars in order to prevent loss of material in transit.
  • Move trailing electrical cables clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves.
  • Notify switching departments to deliver specific types of cars.
  • Observe and record car numbers, carriers, customers, tonnages, and grades and conditions of material.
  • Oil, lubricate, and adjust conveyors, crushers, and other equipment, using hand tools and lubricating equipment.
  • Operate levers to move conveyor booms or shovels so that mine contents such as coal, rock, and ore can be placed into cars or onto conveyors.
  • Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.
  • Replace hydraulic hoses, headlight bulbs, and gathering-arm teeth.
  • Signal workers to move loaded cars.
  • Start conveyor booms and gathering-arm motors, and operate winches to position cars under boom-conveyors for loading.
  • Stop gathering arms when cars are full.

Detailed Work Activities

  • inspect material moving equipment
  • load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
  • maintain or repair construction machinery or equipment
  • operate earth-moving or other heavy construction equipment
  • operate material moving, loading, or unloading equipment
  • operate mining equipment or machinery
  • perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting
  • use hand or power tools
  • use measuring devices in construction or extraction work
  • use two-way radio or mobile phone

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Loading-Machine Operator
  • Mechanical-Shovel Operator