83100 – Underground production and development miners

شرح اصلی

Underground production and development miners drill, blast, operate mining machinery, and perform related duties to extract coal and ore in underground mines and to construct tunnels, passageways and shafts to facilitate mining operations. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

وظایف اصلی

• Set up and operate drills and drilling machines to produce a designated pattern of blasting holes
• Operate diamond drills or other specialized drills such as raise boring machinery to test geological formations or to produce underground passageways
• Set up and operate mining machinery to shear coal, rock or ore from the working face
• Load explosives, set fuses, and detonate explosives to produce desired blasting patterns and rock fragmentation in underground mines
• Operate scooptram, load-haul-dump (LHD) machine or mucking machine to load and haul ore from stopes, drifts and drawpoints to ore passes
• Perform duties required to ensure safety and to support the mining advance, such as scaling loose rock from walls and roof, drilling and installing rock bolts, extending and installing air and water pipes, operating ore loading machinery, inspecting mine shafts, operating hoists that transport people, equipment and materials through mine shafts, and constructing timber supports and cribbing if required
• Perform routine maintenance of mining machinery.

شرایط استخدام

• May be certified in the basic common core program or as an underground hard rock miner in Ontario.
• Certificate in first aid may be required.
• Formal training of up to six weeks followed by extended periods of specialized training as a helper or in support occupations is usually provided.
• Company licensing or certification is often required for occupations in this unit group.
• Previous experience as a mine labourer or in other mine occupations is usually required.
• Provincial blasting licence may be required.
• Trade certification for miners is available, but voluntary, in Quebec and Manitoba.
• Completion of secondary school is usually required.

نمونه عنوان‌های شغلی

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دستمزد (ساعتی)

منبع: دستمزدهای Job Bank، انتشار 2025 (ESDC). پایین و بالا برابر صدک ۱۰ و ۹۰ است.