Also called: Fleet Dispatcher (Mining), Mine Control Operator
Directs every haul truck and shovel at a giant open-pit mine from a control room, like air traffic control for dump trucks.
Your screens show 60 haul trucks moving across a pit miles wide. You assign each one to a shovel, reroute trucks when a road closes, and talk drivers through problems on the radio. On autonomous-truck sites you supervise the robot fleet too.
Estimated; mining dispatchers earn well above the dispatcher average.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school; usually promoted from equipment operator.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady at large open-pit mines; automation is reshaping the role.
High risk for 10 years. Fleet management software now assigns trucks automatically, and autonomous haul fleets need far fewer dispatchers.
Classes: Computer science, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-5032.
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