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Underground heavy equipment operator

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Coalface miner Heavy equipment operators Mine machine operator Miners Underground heavy equipment operator Underground miner (heavy equipment) Underground miner equipment operator Underground miner operator

Underground heavy equipment operators control heavy-duty mining equipment such as cutting and loading equipment to excavate and load ore and raw mineral at underground mines.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Positioning, operating and monitoring the performance of a variety of underground and surface mining equipment including continuous mining, cutting and channelling plant;
(b) Setting up and operating drilling equipment in underground and surface mines and quarries;
(c) Operating machinery and using hand or power tools to remove loosened rock, ore, coal and other deposits;
(d) Preparing, fitting and installing supports in underground workings including rock bolts;
(e) Operating machinery to open new shafts, drives, air vents and rises;
(f) Operating auxiliary plant such as pumps to expel air, water and mud;
(g) Performing minor maintenance and repairs and lubricating and cleaning plant, machines and tools;
(h) Completing records detailing operations completed during shifts;
(i) Collecting mineral samples for laboratory analysis.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy
  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Mining and extraction
  • Occupational health and safety

Digital competencies

  • Operating mining, drilling and mineral processing machinery
  • Developing solutions
  • Operating earthmoving equipment
  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Repairing and installing mechanical equipment

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Maintaining a positive attitude
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related workers

Welders and flame cutters

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Welders and flame cutters

1

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

,91%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-66,67% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

8

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

14%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

94%

6%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Metal, machinery and related trades workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Welders and flame cutters

No experience
16%
Less than 1 year
26%
Between 1 and 2 years
17%
Between 2 and 4 years
28%
Between 4 and 8 years
3%
More than 8 years
10%
Manufacturing
44%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
14%
Construction
11%
Education
9%
Administrative and support service activities
6%
Others
16%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.