Mine Labourers
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Job description
These individuals perform duties related to the mining of coal, minerals, and ores. They contribute to other underground mining support services. They work in metalliferous and non-metalliferous mines.
Environment
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Nontoxic dust
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
- Noise
- Falling objects
Main tasks
- Participate in the maintenance or construction of underground facilities.
- Clean underground rooms, pathways, work areas, and equipment.
- Load, move, sort, and stack materials and supplies.
- Clear piles of ore or coal.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between jobs in this group.
- Experience and additional training lead to senior positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
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Very good
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All of Québec
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Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
350
All of Québec
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Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 11.8% Female
- 88.2% Male
Not available.
- 11.8% Female
- 88.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$59,200
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Also required
- General explosives permit to work in an underground mine.
Sometimes required
- A secondary school diploma is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Result evaluation
- Monitoring operations
- Equipment maintenance
- Operations and control
- Troubleshooting
- Repair
- Quality control analysis
- Coordination
- Critical thought
- Equipment selection
- Active listening
- Judgment and decision-making
Abilities
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-arm stability
- Limb coordination
- Control accuracy
- Reaction time
- Static muscle power
- Awareness of issues
- Distance vision
- Near vision
- Core strength
- Speed control
- Digital dexterity
- Depth perception
- Selective attention
- Oral comprehension
- Information organization
- Auditory attention
- Endurance
- Deductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Response orientation
- Hearing sensitivity
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Visualization
- Overall coordination of the body
- Overall balance of the body
- Dynamic strength
- Verbal skills
- Spatial orientation
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Focussed on results
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
- Commitment
- Sense of initiative
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
- Develop and exploit natural resources
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 85110
Mine labourers
Job titles
- Underground labourer - mining
- Mine labourer
- Underground mine labourer
- Mine helper
- Shoveller - underground mining
- Timbering and steel prop setting helper
- Underground helper - mining
- Timberman/woman helper - underground mining
- Timber and steel prop setter helper
- Pit-scaler helper
- Pipeworker helper - underground mining
- Core cutter
- Timber and steel prop salvager
- Pit scaler - underground mining
- Chute puller
- Coal sampler
- Slate picker
- Core splitter
- Labourer - mining exploration
- Grizzly worker - underground mining
- Limestone spreader - underground mining
- Rock duster - underground mining
- Powder carrier - underground mining
- Mine check weigher
Skill type
Natural resources, agriculture and related production
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