Helpers--Extraction Workers

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.
• Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
• Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
• Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
• Organize materials to prepare for use.
• Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.
• Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
• Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.
• Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

• Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
• Dismantle extracting and boring equipment used for excavation, using hand tools.
• Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.
• Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.
• Dig trenches.

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)