Explore occupational profile

Version:
OaSIS 2023 Version 1.0
Search the OaSIS

84100.00 – Underground mine service and support workers

Underground mine service and support workers perform a range of duties related to the operation of orepasses, chutes and conveyor systems, the construction and support of underground structures, passages and roadways, and the supply of materials and supplies to support underground mining.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Backfiller - underground mining
  • Blaster helper - underground mining
  • Cage tender
  • Conveyor operator - underground mining
  • Crusher operator - underground mining
  • Driller helper - underground mining
  • Haulageman/woman - underground mining
  • Lamp keeper - underground mining
  • Materialman/woman - underground mining
  • Mine construction worker
  • Orepass tender - underground mining
  • Pipeworker - underground mining
  • Raise miner helper
  • Skip tender
  • Timberman/woman - underground mining
  • Trainman/woman - underground mining

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Operate and maintain ore chutes or conveyor systems to control flow of ore or coal in underground mine
  • Operate construction equipment such as bulldozer, grader or backhoe to build and maintain underground passages and haulageways
  • Construct and repair wood or metal supports and structures such as bulkheads, platforms, drift doors and chutes using construction and mining tools
  • Attach and extend ventilation and water pipes and related mine services
  • Assist miners in setting up and operating various drills and other mining machinery
  • Supply and maintain backfill distribution of sand, rock or other materials
  • Operate diesel or electric track haulage equipment such as ore trains to distribute personnel and supplies and to convey ore from orepass to primary crusher or skip
  • Maintain supply storage areas and maintain equipment and supplies such as explosives, drill bits, fire extinguishers, lamps and batteries
  • Perform routine maintenance of machinery.

Additional information

  • Mobility between these sectors is somewhat limited by differences in production technologies.
  • There is mobility between employers within each of the three following sectors: underground coal mining, underground hard rock mining and underground potash, salt or soft rock mining.
  • Mobility is possible to other occupational groups in underground mining.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction (73402)
  • Mine labourers (85110)
  • Underground production and development miners (83100)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

8 – Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations

TEER

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

84 – Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production

Sub-major group

841 – Workers in natural resources and fisheries

Minor group

8410 – Mine service workers and operators in oil and gas drilling

Unit group

84100 – Underground mine service and support workers

Occupational profile

84100.00 – Underground mine service and support workers

O*NET in-it

This page includes information from the O*NET 27.2 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Employment and Social Development Canada has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.