Rock Splitters, Quarry
Tasks Include:
- Locate grain line patterns to determine how rocks will split when cut.
- Remove pieces of stone from larger masses, using jackhammers, wedges, and other tools.
- Insert wedges and feathers into holes, and drive wedges with sledgehammers to split stone sections from masses.
- Mark dimensions or outlines on stone prior to cutting, using rules and chalk lines.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +4.4%
Education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone:
One: Little or No Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$46,010.00
State
No Data
Regional
Rock Splitters, Quarry
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammers, wedges, or chop saws.
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Education
Required Level of Education
- Less than a High School Diploma = 49.54%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 31.48%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 18.98%
Related Work Experience
- Up to and including 1 month = 28.91%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 28.08%
- None = 16.80%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 8.14%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5.78%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.46%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.42%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 3.42%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 38.01%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 30.55%
- None = 21.43%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.29%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.72%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 55.38%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.15%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.57%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.45%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.72%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.72%
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Locate grain line patterns to determine how rocks will split when cut.
- Remove pieces of stone from larger masses, using jackhammers, wedges, and other tools.
- Insert wedges and feathers into holes, and drive wedges with sledgehammers to split stone sections from masses.
- Mark dimensions or outlines on stone prior to cutting, using rules and chalk lines.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Cut slabs of stone into sheets that will be used for floors or counters.
- Set charges of explosives to split rock.
- Drill holes along outlines, using jackhammers.
- Drill holes into sides of stones broken from masses, insert dogs or attach slings, and direct removal of stones.
- Cut grooves along outlines, using chisels.
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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56.25 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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. |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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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. |
65.50 | 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. |
62.50 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
62.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
59.50 | 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. |
56.25 | 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. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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 | 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. |
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. |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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71.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
68.75 | 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. |
65.25 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
62.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
60.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
58.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
52.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
51.00 | 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. |
50.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
50.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
79.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
73.50 | 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. |
72.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
67.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
61.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
60.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
60.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
60.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
59.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
56.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
54.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
53.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
53.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
53.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
52.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | 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. |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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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? |
95.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
89.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
89.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
80.20 | 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? |
79.00 | 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? |
75.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
75.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
74.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
74.80 | Exposed to Whole Body Vibration | How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer)? |
74.00 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
71.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
71.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
69.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
69.20 | 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? |
68.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
65.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
63.60 | 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? |
60.80 | 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.) |
60.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
60.40 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
58.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
56.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
56.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
56.00 | 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? |
54.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
53.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
53.20 | 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? |
52.60 | 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? |
52.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
50.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
50.20 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
- Examples
- These occupations involve following instructions and helping others. Examples include food preparation workers, dishwashers, floor sanders and finishers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, logging equipment operators, and baristas.
- Education
- Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,520.00 | $46,010.00 | $56,030.00 |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
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 and Alexandria/Arlington | 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 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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 onet28)
Rock Splitters, Quarry
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 4,500 | 4,700 | +4.4% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
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 and Alexandria/Arlington | 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 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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 onet28)
Rock Splitters, Quarry
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Construction Equipment Operation
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
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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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Titles
- Blaster
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- Quarry Worker
- Quarryman
- Rock Breaker
- Rock Picker
- Rock Splitter
- Rockman
- Sandstone Splitter
- Saw Operator
- Splitter Operator
- Stone Breaker
- Stone Splitter
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Rock Splitters, Quarry
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