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Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators

SOC 47-5042.00

Operate machinery such as longwall shears, plows, and cutting machines to cut or channel along the face or seams of coal mines, stone quarries, or other mining surfaces to facilitate blasting, separating, or removing minerals or materials from mines or from the Earth's surface. Includes shale planers.

Zone 2 Construction and Extraction

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.6

Critical Thinking

3.5

Active Listening

3.4

Operation and Control

3.4

Monitoring

3.2

Speaking

3.1

Social Perceptiveness

3.1

Coordination

3.0

Knowledge Areas 8

Mechanical

3.6

Public Safety and Security

2.7

Law and Government

2.6

Education and Training

2.5

English Language

2.3

Physics

2.3

Administration and Management

2.3

Medicine and Dentistry

2.3

Key Tasks

1Position jacks, timbers, or roof supports, and install casings, to prevent cave-ins.

2Reposition machines and move controls to make additional holes or cuts.

3Cut entries between rooms and haulage ways.

4Observe indicator lights and gauges, and listen to machine operation to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment problems.

5Replace worn or broken tools and machine bits and parts, using wrenches, pry bars, and other hand tools, and lubricate machines, using grease guns.

Also Known As

Bore Miner Operator Channel Machine Operator Channeler Runner Channeling Machine Runner Clay Mine Cutting Machine Operator Clay Miner Coal Cutter Coal Miner Continuous Miner Operator (CMO) Cutter