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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| surface-mine-plant-operator | Occupational skill for the role 'surface mine plant operator' (also: surface miner equipment operator, aggregate driver, surface mining heavy equipment driver, quarry plant operator, surface miner (heavy equipment), quarry earth moving equipment operative). Use when the user asks for typical surface mine plant operator work such as: 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. |
Surface Mine Plant Operator
Surface mine plant operators control heavy-duty equipment such as excavators and dump trucks, often involving a high level of spatial awareness, to excavate, load and transport ore, raw mineral including sand, stone and clay and overburden at quarries and surface mines.
Core workflow
- 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.
- Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
Key competences (essential)
- address problems critically
- communicate mine equipment information
- conduct inter-shift communication
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- excavation techniques
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- inspect heavy surface mining equipment
- make independent operating decisions
- mechanics
- operate mining tools
- perform minor repairs to equipment
- react to events in time-critical environments
- troubleshoot
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b5b8c259-7557-4f5f-9f56-155b038946c1), ONET 30.3 (47-5041.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*