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Overview
The work is practical support on a mine or quarry site, including minor equipment repairs, cleaning waste from machines, handling mining plant waste, keeping records and communicating between shifts.
In job descriptions, look for excavation work, equipment maintenance, pipe or cable laying, waste handling, underground hazards, machinery manuals, drilling equipment, pumps, loaders, mining tools and ergonomic work.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Mining assistants provide practical help so mining or quarrying crews can keep equipment, passages and work areas moving. Tasks can include cleaning waste, minor repairs, pipe or cable support, machinery checks and shift communication.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes excavation techniques, safe underground awareness, waste handling, basic mechanics, reading machinery manuals, operating tools or pumps and reporting repairs clearly.
Salary context
Salary context depends on site type, underground exposure, shift pattern, equipment handled, physical demands, waste handling, repair duties, machine operation and how closely the role supports qualified miners.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward miner, quarry worker, drilling equipment operator, mine machinery operator, maintenance assistant, tunnelling support or supervisory roles after broader site experience.
Good to know
Check whether adverts explain the mine or quarry setting, equipment used, underground hazards, waste duties, repair expectations, vehicle or loader work, training supervision and required physical work conditions.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 4
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
47-5044.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETHelpers--Extraction Workers
47-5081.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETContinuous Mining Machine Operators
47-5041.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETExcavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
47-5022.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
05Mining of coal and lignite07Mining of metal ores08Other mining and quarrying
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Mining and quarrying labourers (9311)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/efd5d3cb-3716-43b7-b21b-98e17f00e9eb |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 9311.1 |
| ISCO group | 9311 |
| Concept type | Occupation |