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.
US jobs
14K
Avg. wage
$31/h
GDP output/y
$6.3B
Tasks
15
AI Parity
7%
Related occupationsOperating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators · Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining · Helpers--Extraction Workers · Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas · Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining · Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas · Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines · Maintenance Workers, Machinery
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| # | Task ↕O*NET 30.1 · DOL | Output/y ▾est. · BEA + BLS | Verification method ↕est. · rubric v1 | Qualitymeasured baseline | Configurationverified runs | Qualitysame test | vs human× output · − pts |
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O*NET-SOC 47-5041.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025
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