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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.
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This source lists 18 tasks, including 9 marked Core and 9 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2018.
18 tasks shown
Core · Task 3569 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
Core · Task 3561 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
Core · Task 3568 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.
Core · Task 3562 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
Core · Task 3565 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
Core · Task 3566 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
Core · Task 18610 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.
Core · Task 3563 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
Core · Task 3567 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.
Supplemental · Task 3571 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.
Supplemental · Task 3570 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices.
Supplemental · Task 3574 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.
Supplemental · Task 3575 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.
Supplemental · Task 3572 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions.
Supplemental · Task 3573 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Select or devise materials-handling methods and equipment to transport ore, waste materials, and mineral products efficiently and economically.
Supplemental · Task 3576 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Evaluate data to develop new mining products, equipment, or processes.
Supplemental · Task 3578 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Design mining and mineral treatment equipment and machinery in collaboration with other engineering specialists.
Supplemental · Task 3577 · 08/2018 · Incumbent
Conduct or direct mining experiments to test or prove research findings.
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