Also called: Red Hat Miner, Utility Miner, Mine Helper
Helps experienced miners by hauling supplies, shoveling, laying track and setting up equipment as a first job in mining.
As a new "red hat" miner you are teamed with veterans who teach you how to read the roof and stay safe. You shovel spills off the belt line, carry roof bolts, and hang ventilation curtains. After a year you can train to run your own machine.
Estimated from BLS helpers in extraction work; mining pays above other helper jobs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma plus MSHA new-miner safety training (24-40 hours) and on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Helpers in extraction work.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Entry tasks are manual today; as mines automate, fewer helper jobs may be needed over 10 years.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to mines or mining contractors for laborer or miner helper jobs First: MSHA new-miner training (24–40 hours) before you start; no mining work under 18
Classes: Shop class, Weight training.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-5081.
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