setting up, operating and monitoring a variety of mining and mineral processing plant and machinery such as drilling rigs and auxiliary machines and equipment, continuous mining machinery, and cutting, crushing, grinding, pumping and mixing plant and machinery
// Minor group · 811
Mining and Mineral Processing Plant Operators
Mining and mineral processing plant operators operate and monitor plant and machinery and operate hand tools to extract rock and minerals from the earth, process minerals and stone, drill wells and bores, and manufacture and finish cement and stone products.
8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / All level 3
operating washing, separating, extracting and combining equipment to remove waste and recover minerals
operating plant and machinery to make cement, concrete, artificial stone, and precast concrete and stone products
monitoring the performance of a variety of plant and machinery, detecting malfunctions and taking corrective action
performing plant and machinery maintenance, repairs and cleaning
and maintaining production records.
Included occupations
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:
8111 Miners and Quarriers
8112 Mineral and Stone Processing Plant Operators
8113 Well Drillers and Borers and Related Workers
8114 Cement, Stone and Other Mineral Products Machine Operators
Notes
Mining supervisors are classified in Unit Group 3121: Mining Supervisors.