How to become a Roof Bolters, Mining 2024

Roof Bolters, Mining Operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mine.

Roof Bolters, Mining is Also Know as

In different settings, Roof Bolters, Mining is titled as

Bolt Machine Operator
Bolt Man
Bolter
Miner
Place Change Roof Bolter
Roof Bolter
Roof Bolter Operator
Underground Miner
Underground Roof Bolter

Education and Training of Roof Bolters, Mining

Roof Bolters, Mining is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Experience Required for Roof Bolters, Mining

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 Roof Bolters, Mining

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Degrees Related to Roof Bolters, Mining

Training Required for Roof Bolters, Mining

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

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What Do Roof Bolters, Mining do?

Drill bolt holes into roofs at specified distances from ribs or adjacent bolts.
Force bolts into holes, using hydraulic mechanisms of self-propelled bolting machines.
Remove drill bits from chucks after drilling holes, and insert bolts into chucks.
Position safety jacks to support underground mine roofs until bolts can be installed.
Position bolting machines, and insert drill bits into chucks.
Rotate chucks to turn bolts and open expansion heads against rock formations.
Tighten ends of anchored truss bolts, using turnbuckles.
Pull down loose rock that cannot be supported.
Perform safety checks on equipment before operating.
Perform tests to determine if methane gas is present.
Perform ventilation tasks, such as hanging ventilation curtains and tubes.
Dust rocks after bolting.
Install various types of bolts, including truss, glue, and resin bolts, traversing entire ceiling spans.
Drill test holes and test bolts for specified tension, using torque wrenches.

Qualities of Good Roof Bolters, Mining

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.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
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.
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.
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.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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.
Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
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).
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
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.
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.
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.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
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.
Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
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.
Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
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).
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.
Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
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.
Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Tools Used by Roof Bolters, Mining

Boom roof bolters
Digital pressure gauges
Dust and particulate respirators
Hydraulic disconnects
Lube guns
Methane monitors
Personal computers
Pneumatic rock drilling tools
Portable rock drills
Remote-control continuous miners
Roof bolters
Roof screens
Scaling bars
Self-propelled bolting machines
Shoring jacks
Steel measuring tapes
Torque drivers
Turnbuckles

Technology Skills required for Roof Bolters, Mining

Caterpillar Cat MineStar System
Caterpillar Command

US Universities

How to become Roof Bolters, Mining in 2024