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Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

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

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

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Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

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Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

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Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Dredge, Excavating, and Loading Machine Operators

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Material Moving Workers

Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.

Move trailing electrical cables clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves.

Drive machines into piles of material blasted from working faces.

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.

Clean hoppers, and clean spillage from tracks, walks, driveways, and conveyor decking.

Oil, lubricate, and adjust conveyors, crushers, and other equipment, using hand tools and lubricating equipment.

Replace hydraulic hoses, headlight bulbs, and gathering-arm teeth.

Advance machines to gather material and convey it into cars.

Observe and record car numbers, carriers, customers, tonnages, and grades and conditions of material.

Notify switching departments to deliver specific types of cars.

Inspect boarding and locking of open-top box cars and wedging of side-drop and hopper cars to prevent loss of material in transit.

Clean, fuel, service, and perform safety checks on all equipment, and repair and replace parts as necessary.

Control conveyors that run the entire length of shuttle cars to distribute loads as loading progresses.

Direct other workers to move stakes, place blocks, position anchors or cables, or move materials.

Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.

Examine roadway and clear obstructions from the path of travel.

Guide and stop cars by switching, applying brakes, or placing scotches, or wooden wedges, between wheels and rails.

Handle high voltage sources and hang electrical cables.

Measure, weigh, or verify levels of rock, gravel, or other excavated material to prevent equipment overloads.

Monitor loading processes to ensure that materials are loaded according to specifications.

Move mine cars into position for loading and unloading, using pinchbars inserted under car wheels to position cars under loading spouts.

Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines.

Open and close bottom doors of cars to dump contents.

Push or ride cars down slopes, or hook cars to cables and control cable drum brakes, to ease cars down inclines.

Read written instructions or confer with supervisors about schedules and materials to be moved.

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

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Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

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Career

What Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining Do

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Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

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