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Career: Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators

Job Description

Operate machinery--such as longwall shears, plows, and cutting machines--to cut or channel along the face or seams of coal mines, stone quarries, or other mining surfaces to facilitate blasting, separating, or removing minerals or materials from mines or from the earth's surface.


Job Tasks

Importance %age

Task Description
98
Replace worn or broken tools and machine bits and parts, using wrenches, pry bars, and other hand tools, and lubricate machines, using grease guns.
89
Observe indicator lights and gauges, and listen to machine operation in order to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment problems.
81
Reposition machines and move controls in order to make additional holes or cuts.
74
Position jacks, timbers, or roof supports, and install casings, in order to prevent cave-ins.
73
Cut entries between rooms and haulage-ways.
68
Press buttons to activate conveyor belts, and push or pull chain handles to regulate conveyor movement so that material can be moved or loaded into dinkey cars or dump trucks.
58
Drive mobile, truck-mounted, or track-mounted drilling or cutting machine in mines and quarries or on construction sites.
54
Move planer levers to control and adjust the movement of equipment, the speed, height, and depth of cuts, and to rotate swivel cutting booms.
53
Remove debris such as loose shale from channels and planer travel areas.
50
Determine locations, boundaries, and depths of holes or channels to be cut.
49
Move controls to start and position drill cutters or torches, and to advance tools into mines or quarry faces in order to complete horizontal or vertical cuts.
42
Cut slots along working faces of coal, salt, or other non-metal deposits in order to facilitate blasting, by moving levers to start the machine and to control the vertical reciprocating drills.
33
Advance plow blades through coal strata by remote control, according to electronic or radio signals from the tailer.
30
Signal crewmembers to adjust the speed of equipment to the rate of installation of roof supports, and to adjust the speed of conveyors to the volume of coal.
29
Free jams in planer hoppers, using metal pinch bars.
25
Charge and set off explosives in blasting holes.
23
Monitor movement of shale along conveyors from hoppers to trucks or railcars.
23
Guide and assist crews in laying track for machines and resetting planer rails, supports, and blocking, using jacks, shovels, sledges, picks, and pinch bars.
18
Signal that machine plow blades are properly positioned, using electronic buzzers or two-way radios.
17
Signal truck drivers to position their vehicles for receiving shale from planer hoppers.
16
Cut and move shale from open pits.

Work Activities

Importance %age

Activity Description
84
Controlling Machines and Processes
  • Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
    		•
    74
    		Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
  • Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
    		•
    74
    		Handling and Moving Objects
  • Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
    		•
    72
    		Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
  • Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
    		•
    71
    		Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  • Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
    		•
    70
    		Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
  • Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
    		•
    66
    		Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
  • Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
    		•
    65
    		Performing General Physical Activities
  • Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
    		•
    64
    		Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
    		•
    57
    		Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
    		•
    56
    		Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
  • Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
    		•
    56
    		Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
  • Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
    		•
    54
    		Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
  • Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
    		•
    49
    		Assisting and Caring for Others
  • Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
    		•
    48
    		Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
  • Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
    		•
    48
    		Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
  • Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
    		•
    47
    		Training and Teaching Others
  • Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
    		•
    46
    		Getting Information
  • Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
    		•
    46
    		Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
  • Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
    		•
    45
    		Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
  • Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
    		•
    45
    		Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
  • Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
    		•
    40
    		Developing and Building Teams
  • Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
    		•
    40
    		Thinking Creatively
  • Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
    		•
    39
    		Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
  • Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
    		•
    39
    		Developing Objectives and Strategies
  • Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
    		•
    38
    		Coaching and Developing Others
  • Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
    		•
    37
    		Processing Information
  • Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
    		•
    36
    		Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
  • Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
    		•
    34
    		Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
  • Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
    		•
    33
    		Analyzing Data or Information
  • Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
    		•
    32
    		Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
  • Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
    		•
    31
    		Scheduling Work and Activities
  • Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
    		•
    25
    		Monitoring and Controlling Resources
  • Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
    		•
    20
    		Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
  • Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
    		•
    18
    		Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
  • Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
    		•
    18
    		Documenting/Recording Information
  • Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
    		•
    16
    		Selling or Influencing Others
  • Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
    		•
    15
    		Staffing Organizational Units
  • Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
    		•
    12
    		Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
  • Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
    		•
    10
    		Performing Administrative Activities
  • Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
    		•
    8
    		Interacting With Computers
  • Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
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