How do they match: Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

  • Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

  • Buggy Driver
  • Cart Driver
  • Shuttle Driver

  • Operate underground loading or moving machine to load or move coal, ore, or rock using shuttle or mine car or conveyors. Equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor.

  • Move mine cars into position for loading and unloading, using pinchbars inserted under car wheels to position cars under loading spouts.
  • Move trailing electrical cables clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves.
  • Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.
  • Drive machines into piles of material blasted from working faces.
  • Direct other workers to move stakes, place blocks, position anchors or cables, or move materials.
  • Maintain records of materials moved.
  • Measure, weigh, or verify levels of rock, gravel, or other excavated material to prevent equipment overloads.
  • Operate levers to move conveyor booms or shovels so that mine contents such as coal, rock, and ore can be placed into cars or onto conveyors.
  • Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.
  • Read written instructions or confer with supervisors about schedules and materials to be moved.
  • Signal workers to move loaded cars.

  • Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
  • Communicate with others to coordinate material handling or movement.
  • Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
  • Direct material handling or moving activities.
  • Maintain material moving equipment in good working condition.
  • Operate excavation equipment.
  • Operate conveyors or other industrial material moving equipment.
  • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials.
  • Operate vehicles or material-moving equipment.
  • Signal others to coordinate vehicle movement.