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	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
SUMMARY	69% High Risk	24% Low Risk	21% Low Risk	50% Moderate Risk	46% Moderate Risk	60% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	3.4/10	6.8/10	6.4/10	3.8/10	6.8/10	4.6/10
POLLING	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	34% (Low Risk, Based on 28 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	29% (Low Risk, Based on 49 votes)	53% (Moderate Risk, Based on 72 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-0.4%	5.3%	8.5%	2.9%	5.8%	3.6%
WAGES	$52,550 or $25.26 per hour	$78,690 or $37.83 per hour	$58,440 or $28.09 per hour	$59,600 or $28.65 per hour	$63,980 or $30.76 per hour	$58,710 or $28.22 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	34,210	806,080	31,450	17,410	180,270	469,270
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DESCRIPTION	Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.	Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.	Collect data on work environments for analysis by occupational health and safety specialists. Implement and conduct evaluation of programs designed to limit chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic risks to workers.	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.	Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.	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.

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