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	Helpers--Extraction Workers	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	Construction Laborers	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	Continuous Mining Machine Operators
SUMMARY	76% High Risk	50% Moderate Risk	48% Moderate Risk	51% Moderate Risk	60% Moderate Risk	64% High Risk
JOB SCORE	2.9/10	3.8/10	4.2/10	5.2/10	4.6/10	3.1/10
POLLING	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	57% (Moderate Risk, Based on 15 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 286 votes)	53% (Moderate Risk, Based on 72 votes)	60% (High Risk, Based on 20 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-1.7%	2.9%	0.2%	7.3%	3.6%	0.6%
WAGES	$48,400 or $23.27 per hour	$59,600 or $28.65 per hour	$65,010 or $31.25 per hour	$46,730 or $22.46 per hour	$58,710 or $28.22 per hour	$63,380 or $30.47 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	6,720	17,410	13,090	1,057,660	469,270	14,340
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DESCRIPTION	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.	Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. Includes horizontal and earth boring machine operators.	Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove underground oil and gas, or remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration.	Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.	Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.	Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.

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