Continuous Mining Machine Operator Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.
Continuous Mining Machine Operator is Also Know as
In different settings, Continuous Mining Machine Operator is titled as
- Bore Miner Operator
- Continuous Miner
- Continuous Miner Operator (CMO)
- Continuous Mining Machine Operator
- Continuous Mining Operator (CMO)
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Loader Operator
- Mine Technician
- Mine Utility Operator
- Miner Operator
Education and Training of Continuous Mining Machine Operator
Continuous Mining Machine Operator is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Continuous Mining Machine Operator
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
Education Required for Continuous Mining Machine Operator
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Degrees Related to Continuous Mining Machine Operator
- Bachelor in Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment
- Associate Degree Courses in Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment
- Masters Degree Courses in Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment
Training Required for Continuous Mining Machine Operator
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Related Ocuupations
Some Ocuupations related to Continuous Mining Machine Operator in different industries are
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Crane and Tower Operators
- Millwrights
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Dredge Operators
- Hoist and Winch Operators
- Pile Driver Operators
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
What Do Continuous Mining Machine Operator do?
- Operate mining machines to gather coal and convey it to floors or shuttle cars.
- Determine locations, boundaries, and depths of holes or channels to be cut.
- Reposition machines to make additional holes or cuts.
- Drive machines into position at working faces.
- Move controls to start and regulate movement of conveyors and to start and position drill cutters or torches.
- Observe and listen to equipment operation to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment malfunctions.
- Repair, oil, and adjust machines, and change cutting teeth, using wrenches.
- Move levers to raise and lower hydraulic safety bars supporting roofs above machines until other workers complete framing.
- Install casings to prevent cave-ins.
- Guide and assist crews laying track and resetting supports and blocking.
- Apply new technologies developed to minimize the environmental impact of coal mining.
- Scrape or wash conveyors, using belt scrapers or belt washers, to minimize dust production.
- Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.
- Conduct methane gas checks to ensure breathing quality of air.
- Check the stability of roof and rib support systems before mining face areas.
Qualities of Good Continuous Mining Machine Operator
- Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Tools Used by Continuous Mining Machine Operator
- 15/16 wrenches
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Belt conveyor systems
- Boom roof bolters
- Channel lock pliers
- Continuous miners
- Continuous mining machine remote controls
- Grease fittings
- Grease guns
- Hammer drills
- Hydraulic jacks
- Long handle shovels
- Measuring tapes
- Methane monitors
- Miner's helmets
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Protective ear muffs
- Safety gloves
- Safety goggles
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Shuttle cars
- Sledgehammers
- Straight screwdrivers
- Tracked bulldozers
- Ventilation systems
Technology Skills required for Continuous Mining Machine Operator
- Fleet monitoring system software
- Hitachi ZXLink
- Leica Geosystems FMS
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Minitab
- Word processing software