Mining and Quarry Workers and Related Operatives
Quarry workers erect supports in underground workings, set and detonate explosives to loosen rocks and set up and operate drilling equipment to extract coal and other minerals from the ground, and operate machinery to wash, crush or separate stone and ores.
More about this Career
Average Salary
£26972
New workers start around £18478. Normal pay is £26972 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £41030.
Jobs
402
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Performs other mining and quarrying tasks not elsewhere classified including digging clay from open pits, operating high-pressure hoses to wash china clay from open pit faces and otherwise assisting miners.
- Operates agitators/vibrators to separate minerals and ensures that screened, filtered, crushed and separated material is discharged to appropriate chutes or conveyors.
- Conveys goods and materials to and from the workface, loads and unloads mine cars and transfers materials from underground and surface conveyors to bunkers, tubs and rail trucks.
- Operates heading, ripping and cutting-loading machines to remove material from working face and monitors conveyor carrying away loose material.
- Erects timber or metal supports to shore up tunnel and assists tunnel miner with the excavation of vertical shafts and underground tunnels.
- Assembles drilling and cutting tools, operates controls to start machines and to regulate the speed and pressure of cutting and drilling.
- Inspects blasting area, drills shot holes, inserts explosives and detonates charges to loosen large pieces of rock, coal or ore.
Skills Employers are looking for
Soft Skills
Soft skills are non-technical skills that include how you interact with colleagues, solve problems, and manage your work
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Critical Thinking
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Active Learning
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Learning Strategies
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Monitoring
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Active Listening
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Speaking
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Reading Comprehension
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Mathematics
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Writing
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Science
