# Tasks & work activities — mud logger

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers).

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.
- **[Core]** Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
- **[Core]** Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
- **[Core]** Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
- **[Core]** Organize materials to prepare for use.
- **[Core]** Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.
- **[Core]** Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
- **[Core]** Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.
- **[Core]** Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.
- **[Supplemental]** Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
- **[Supplemental]** Dismantle extracting and boring equipment used for excavation, using hand tools.
- **[Supplemental]** Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.
- **[Supplemental]** Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.
- **[Supplemental]** Dig trenches.

## Detailed work activities

- Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
- Clean work sites.
- Collect geological samples.
- Dig holes or trenches.
- Dismantle equipment or temporary structures.
- Drive trucks or truck-mounted equipment.
- Load materials into construction equipment.
- Load or unload materials used in construction or extraction.
- Maintain drilling equipment.
- Monitor extraction operations.
- Operate mining equipment.
- Prepare excavation or extraction sites for commissioning or decommissioning.
- Select construction materials.
- Signal equipment operators to indicate proper equipment positioning.