Helpers--Extraction Workers
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.
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: +21.5%
National: +14.5%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$43,110.00
State
$38,740.00
Regional
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 96.59%
- 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) = 1.71%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.71%
Related Work Experience
- None = 55.50%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 30.41%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.72%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.96%
- Up to and including 1 month = 1.71%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.71%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 50.04%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 21.78%
- None = 10.43%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.10%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.68%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.96%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 47%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 24.82%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.66%
- None or short demonstration = 8.72%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.13%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.67%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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 onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Special Requirements
For More Information, Contact:
Department of Mines, Minerals , and Energy
Office of Information Services
Washington Building, 8th Floor
1100 Bank Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (80.4) .3200
Fax: (80.4) .237
http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/index.shtml
[email protected]
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Additional Resources
United Mine Workers of America International Union
900 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 842-7200 Fax: (202) 842-7342
National Stone Association
1415 Elliot Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007-2599
Tel: (202) 342-1100 Fax: (202) 342-0702
(800) 342-1415
Printed Occupational Information Available Upon Written Request.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
76.00 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
63.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
58.50 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
50.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
65.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
62.50 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
62.50 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
59.50 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
59.50 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
53.00 | Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | 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. |
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 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
68.75 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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 | 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. |
65.50 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
62.50 | 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. |
59.50 | 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. |
59.50 | 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. |
59.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | 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). |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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. |
53.00 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
53.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
50.00 | Gross Body Equilibrium | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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 | Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
93.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
92.50 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
88.75 | 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. |
86.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
85.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
84.25 | 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. |
84.00 | 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. |
80.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
80.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
77.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
74.50 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
74.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
74.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
72.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
72.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
71.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
71.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
71.25 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
68.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
67.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
66.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
65.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
64.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
64.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
63.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
61.50 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
61.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
61.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
60.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
60.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
60.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
60.00 | 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. |
56.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
55.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
54.25 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
79.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
75.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
72.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
71.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
67.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
66.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
64.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
61.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
61.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
61.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
60.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
60.00 | 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. |
59.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
53.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
50.50 | 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 onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.17 | 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 onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
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? |
97.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
96.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
95.20 | 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? |
93.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
93.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
91.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
89.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
88.80 | 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? |
87.20 | 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? |
86.00 | 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? |
85.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
84.60 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
84.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
84.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
82.60 | 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? |
82.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
81.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
81.00 | 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? |
80.60 | 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? |
80.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
78.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
78.20 | 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.) |
77.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
76.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
76.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
76.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
73.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
70.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
70.80 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
69.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
69.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
69.00 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
67.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
66.20 | 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? |
65.60 | Exposed to Whole Body Vibration | How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer)? |
64.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
62.60 | 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? |
61.20 | 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? |
60.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
56.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
56.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
55.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
53.60 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
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 onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $31,050.00 | $43,110.00 | $52,150.00 |
Virginia | $26,770.00 | $38,740.00 | $46,010.00 |
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)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 6,200 | 7,100 | +14.5% |
Virginia | 93 | 113 | +21.5% |
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)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
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- Extraction Workers, All Other
- Fence Erectors
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Floor Sanders and Finishers
- Glaziers
- Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Helpers--Carpenters
- Helpers--Electricians
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Helpers--Roofers
- Hoist and Winch Operators
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
- Material Moving Workers, All Other
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance
- Paperhangers
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Pile Driver Operators
- Pipelayers
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Riggers
- Rock Splitters, Quarry
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Roofers
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
- Segmental Pavers
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Solar Photovoltaic Installers
- Stonemasons
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Tapers
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Extraction Workers
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important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Helpers--Extraction Workers
Titles
- Blaster
- Blaster Helper
- Blasting Helper
- Boring Machine Operator Helper
- Bottom Hole Pressure Recording Operator Helper
- Churn Driller Helper
- Clean Out Driller Helper
- Clean-Out Driller Helper
- Coal Miner
- Continuous Miner Operator Helper
- Core Drill Operator Helper
- Core Driller Helper
- Cutter Operator Helper
- Cutting Machine Operator Helper
- Derrick Hand
- Derrick Helper
- Derrickman Helper
- Driller
- Driller Helper
- Dry-Placer Machine Operator
- Gravity Prospecting Observer Helper
- Hammerer Helper
- Haul Truck Driver
- Horizontal Earth Boring Machine Operator Helper
- Jack Setter
- Joy Operator Helper
- Laborer
- Loader Operator
- Loading Machine Operator Helper
- Longwall Headgate Operator
- Longwall Machine Operator Helper
- Machine Helper
- Maintainer
- Miner
- Miner Assistant
- Miner Helper
- Mining Helper
- Mining Technician
- Placer Miner
- Pneumatic Jack Operator
- Powder Carrier
- Pumper Helper
- Rig Builder Helper
- Roof Bolter Helper
- Roof Bolter Operator
- Rotary Drill Operator Helper
- Rotary Driller Helper
- Roughneck
- Salt Miner
- Sandfill Operator
- Seismic Prospecting Observer Helper
- Seismograph Helper
- Shaft Mechanic
- Shale Planer Operator Helper
- Shooter Helper
- Shot Core Drill Operator Helper
- Tailer
- Test Borer Helper
- Truck Driver
- Tunnel Mucker
- Undercutter Operator
- Underground Miner
- Wash Driller Helper
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Helpers--Extraction Workers
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