Helpers--Extraction Workers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $60,100.00
Average: $44,410.00
Hourly
Average: $21.35

What they do:

Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.

On the job, you would:

  • Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
  • Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
  • Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

79% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
75% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
72% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
72% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
68% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
66% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

61% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

75% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
72% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
69% Reaction Time  -  The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
69% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
69% Multilimb Coordination  -  The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
66% Far Vision  -  The ability to see details at a distance.
66% Static Strength  -  The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
66% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
66% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Maintain drilling equipment.
Monitor extraction operations.
Drive trucks or truck-mounted equipment.
Clean work sites.
Select construction materials.
Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
Dismantle equipment or temporary structures.
Maintain drilling equipment.
Load or unload materials used in construction or extraction.
Load materials into construction equipment.
Signal equipment operators to indicate proper equipment positioning.
Clean work sites.
Prepare excavation or extraction sites for commissioning or decommissioning.
Operate mining equipment.
Collect geological samples.
Dig holes or trenches.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
97% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
96% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
94% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
92% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
92% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
90% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
87% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
86% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
84% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
83% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
82% Exposed to Hazardous Conditions  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
81% In an Open Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)?
81% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
80% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
78% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
78% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
77% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
76% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
76% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
76% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
75% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
74% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
73% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
72% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
71% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
71% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
70% Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body  -  How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
66% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
97% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

94% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
94% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
93% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
89% 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.
87% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
85% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
84% 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.
84% 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 materials.
81% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
80% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
78% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
75% Monitoring and Controlling Resources  -  Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
74% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
74% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
72% 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.
72% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
72% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
71% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
71% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
69% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
68% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
67% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
66% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Getting Started

Education:
97%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
2%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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