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

Other names for Helpers--Extraction Workers: Sandfill Operator, Seismic Prospecting Observer Helper, Seismograph Helper, Shaft Mechanic, Shale Planer Operator Helper, Shooter Helper, Shot Core Drill Operator Helper, Tailer, Test Borer Helper, Truck Driver, Tunnel Mucker, Undercutter Operator, Underground Miner, Wash Driller Helper, Blaster, Blaster Helper, Blasting Helper, Boring Machine Operator Helper, Bottom Hole Pressure Recording Operator Helper, Churn Driller Helper, Clean Out Driller Helper, Clean-Out Driller Helper, Coal Miner, Continuous Miner Operator Helper, Core Drill Operator Helper, Core Driller Helper, Cutter Operator Helper, Cutting Machine Operator Helper, Derrick Hand, Derrick Helper, Derrickman Helper, Driller, Driller Helper, Dry-Placer Machine Operator, Gravity Prospecting Observer Helper, Hammerer Helper, Haul Truck Driver, Horizontal Earth Boring Machine Operator Helper, Jack Setter, Joy Operator Helper, Laborer, Loader Operator, Loading Machine Operator Helper, Longwall Headgate Operator, Longwall Machine Operator Helper, Machine Helper, Maintainer, Miner, Miner Assistant, Miner Helper, Mining Helper, Mining Technician, Placer Miner, Pneumatic Jack Operator, Powder Carrier, Pumper Helper, Rig Builder Helper, Roof Bolter Operator, Rotary Driller Helper, Roughneck, Salt Miner,

• Organize materials in order to prepare for use.
• Provide assistance to extraction craft workers such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
• Dismantle extracting and boring equipment used for excavation, using hand tools.
• Unload materials, devices and machine parts, using hand tools.
• Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
• Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.
• Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.
• Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.
• Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.
• Dig trenches.
• Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.
• Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process in order to detect any problems.
• Drive moving equipment in order to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
• Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.