Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Tasks Include:
- Operate mining machines to gather coal and convey it to floors or shuttle cars.
- Determine locations, boundaries, and depths of holes or channels to be cut.
- Reposition machines to make additional holes or cuts.
- Drive machines into position at working faces.
- Move controls to start and regulate movement of conveyors and to start and position drill cutters or torches.
- Observe and listen to equipment operation to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment malfunctions.
- Repair, oil, and adjust machines, and change cutting teeth, using wrenches.
- Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.
- Conduct methane gas checks to ensure breathing quality of air.
- Check the stability of roof and rib support systems before mining face areas.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -48.6%
National: -1.8%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$61,420.00
State
$61,860.00
Regional
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction
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Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 81.27%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 9.64%
- Some College Courses = 5.13%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 3.96%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 40.95%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.98%
- None = 15.17%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.79%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 6.61%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 2.58%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 39.42%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.87%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.51%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.16%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5.13%
- None = 3.90%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 46.51%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 29.83%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 15.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.68%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.25%
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Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Operate mining machines to gather coal and convey it to floors or shuttle cars.
- Determine locations, boundaries, and depths of holes or channels to be cut.
- Reposition machines to make additional holes or cuts.
- Drive machines into position at working faces.
- Move controls to start and regulate movement of conveyors and to start and position drill cutters or torches.
- Observe and listen to equipment operation to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment malfunctions.
- Repair, oil, and adjust machines, and change cutting teeth, using wrenches.
- Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.
- Conduct methane gas checks to ensure breathing quality of air.
- Check the stability of roof and rib support systems before mining face areas.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Move levers to raise and lower hydraulic safety bars supporting roofs above machines until other workers complete framing.
- Install casings to prevent cave-ins.
- Guide and assist crews laying track and resetting supports and blocking.
- Apply new technologies developed to minimize the environmental impact of coal mining.
- Scrape or wash conveyors, using belt scrapers or belt washers, to minimize dust production.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Open end wrenches (15/16 wrenches)
- Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
- Belt conveyors (Belt conveyor systems)
- Boom bolters (Boom roof bolters)
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Continuous mining equipment (Continuous miners)
- Continuous mining equipment (Continuous mining machine remote controls)
- Grease fitting (Grease fittings)
- Grease guns
- Power drills (Hammer drills)
- Jacks (Hydraulic jacks)
- Shovels (Long handle shovels)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Single gas monitors (Methane monitors)
- Hard hats (Miner's helmets)
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Ear muffs (Protective ear muffs)
- Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
- Goggles (Safety goggles)
- Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories (Self-contained breathing apparatus)
- Bulk material carriers (Shuttle cars)
- Hammers (Sledgehammers)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Track bulldozers (Tracked bulldozers)
- Air exhausters (Ventilation systems)
Technologies Include:
- Mobile location based services software
- Fleet monitoring system software
- Hitachi ZXLink
- Leica Geosystems FMS
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
73.50 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
67.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
59.25 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
56.25 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
72.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
59.50 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
56.25 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
72.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
68.75 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
62.50 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
62.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
62.50 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
59.50 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
59.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
53.00 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
78.75 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
77.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
75.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
73.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
72.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
66.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
65.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
65.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
64.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
64.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
64.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
60.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
57.75 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
56.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
55.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
54.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
52.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
52.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
49.75 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
76.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
72.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
71.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
70.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
70.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
69.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
68.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
67.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
67.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
63.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
59.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
58.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
57.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
100.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
97.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
96.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
96.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
95.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
94.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
92.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
90.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
88.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
85.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
82.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
82.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
80.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
79.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
78.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
77.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
76.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
76.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
74.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
72.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
71.80 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
71.80 | Exposed to Whole Body Vibration | How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer)? |
69.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
68.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
67.60 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
67.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
67.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
67.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
64.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
63.00 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
62.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
58.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
58.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
57.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
57.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
54.40 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $40,120.00 | $61,420.00 | $75,730.00 |
Virginia | $45,120.00 | $61,860.00 | $73,700.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $50,810.00 | $70,930.00 | $76,480.00 |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
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Employment Projections
USA: 2023-2033
Virginia: 2022-2032
Regions: 2020-2030
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 16,100 | 15,800 | -1.8% |
Virginia | 218 | 112 | -48.6% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | 307 | 243 | -20.8% |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
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Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Titles
- Continuous Miner Operator (CMO)
- Continuous Mining Machine Coal Miner
- Continuous Mining Machine Company Miner
- Continuous Mining Machine Contract Miner
- Continuous Mining Machine Lode Miner
- Continuous Mining Machine Operator
- Longwall Foreman
- Miner
- Miner Operator
- Self-Propelled Mining Machine Operator
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Continuous Mining Machine Operators
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