Helpers--Extraction Workers

Site and environment | Open-pit mines and oil and gas sites and underground operations are the main workplaces; the work schedule changes with weather and production and contract periods (60% irregular) (O*NET work context and task scope, same below) → Protection and exposure | Exposure to hazardous equipment is common (89% every day); exposure to contaminants is common (81% every day); exposure to machinery and blasting and drilling noise is common; exposure to machinery and hand tool vibration → Physical stamina and posture | Long periods of standing and standing more than half the time (61% more than half the time); often working in narrow or elevated spaces and in open-pit or underground operations; high physical proximity (34% very close, 60% within arm's length) → Communication and collaboration | Close collaboration with craft workers and colleagues (72% continuous contact with others); frequent face-to-face discussions (88% every day) → Precision and responsibility | Relatively high precision and coordination requirements (45% extremely important); relatively serious consequences of error (56% extremely serious, 12% very serious); relatively high responsibility for others' health and safety (65% extremely high responsibility) → Progress and pace | Constrained by production plans and process interfaces; production interfaces and schedules bring time pressure (31% every day); the pace is determined by craft workers and production progress → Decision making and equipment | High decision frequency (68% every day); equipment and machinery and drilling tools and hand tools → Scheduling and site | Schedules are mostly irregular, changing with weather and production (60% irregular, 38% regular); work is mainly team-based; the work schedule changes with weather and production and contract periods (60% irregular) → Digitalization | Relatively little use of email and mobile communication; equipment monitoring and maintenance records and project communication applications

Records and collaboration notes | Start from the work task sheet and site conditions, first checking the site and working face, equipment and machinery and drilling tools, materials and spare parts, key points for observing and monitoring equipment operation, excavation and loading and handling, cleaning and site tidying before and after work, and signals and communication and work permits, then assist with the work according to craft worker and production requirements and hand over by shift. Matters involving blasting and explosives and machinery and height and edges must be carried out according to qualifications and policy, and traceable equipment and work records must be retained.

BLS wage scope presented by O*NET | This page corresponds to O*NET/SOC 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers). It must be stated faithfully: the 2025 U.S. wages presented by O*NET on the 47-5081.00 page are a median hourly wage of $22.95 / median annual wage of $47,730 (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope); in the distribution, the 10th percentile is an hourly wage of $17.77 and an annual wage of $36,960, the 25th percentile is an hourly wage of $19.92 and an annual wage of $41,430, the 75th percentile is an hourly wage of $27.84 and an annual wage of $57,920, and the 90th percentile is an hourly wage of $32.70 and an annual wage of $68,020, all taken from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS 2025, as presented by O*NET); that page does not mark the data as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation, so it is presented according to this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope; production incentive bonuses are included, benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded, and the median is not an entry-level starting wage. Mainland China has not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to this occupation, and this page registers the gap according to the evidence policy rather than filling it in.

Task and site checking → Equipment and machinery inspection → Material and spare part transport and unloading and organizing → Equipment installation and adjustment → Observing and monitoring operation and assisting work → Cleaning and tidying and records and handover

Mainland China scope and gaps | Mainland China has positions in mining and oil and gas and drilling and geological engineering similar to Helpers--Extraction Workers (such as extraction helper, drilling worker assistant, mine auxiliary worker, and earthwork worker), and their work and blasting and drilling and machinery and height and edges and loading and unloading and safety and occupational health and records are governed by the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and related regulations and standards on civil explosives and special operations and occupational health and environmental protection. However, the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category and does not distinguish occupations, and public occupational statistics have not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers); this page retains the search scope and the gap, and does not infer starting pay, take-home income, or personal quotations from industry averages, recruitment offers, or U.S. data.

Safety and compliance notes | Organize work according to work safety and blasting and explosives and machinery and height and edge and dust and contaminant and occupational health and record requirements: observation and monitoring and handling and installation and tidying and cleaning must be consistent with work procedures and current standards and must indicate sources and limitations, and must not replace blasting work permits, equipment safety inspection, or safety permit requirements; operations involving blasting and explosives and height and edges and machinery and loading and unloading must be handled with work permits and personal protection as required; the collection and use and external provision of enterprise and site and equipment manufacturer technical materials must have a lawful basis, be limited to the minimum necessary scope, and be approved and documented according to policy.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Accepting the task and checking the site → Equipment and machinery inspection → Material and spare part transport and organizing → Equipment installation and adjustment → Observing and monitoring operation and assisting extraction → Cleaning and preparing the site and records and handover

Standards and quality boundaries | This page involves three types of requirements: first, technical and quality — observation and monitoring and handling and installation and tidying and cleaning must be performed according to work procedures and current standards with equipment and work records kept; second, safety and occupational health — blasting and explosives and machinery and height and edge and dust and contaminants and personal protection must meet work safety and special operations and occupational health requirements; third, environment and ecology — the disposal of dust and noise and wastewater and waste and site restoration must meet environmental protection and soil and water conservation requirements; all three are governed by the currently effective version and the requirements of the competent authority and the enterprise.

Records and collaboration | According to the enterprise's production and quality and safety management systems, record task sheets, equipment and machinery and observation and monitoring, materials and usage, installation and adjustment and assisting extraction, cleaning and tidying and anomalies and rework and outstanding items and shift handover and original records and revision trail, and check the site and equipment with craft workers and crews and equipment and safety personnel; anomalies must be isolated and reported promptly.

Boundary conclusion | This page corresponds to O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers), and the core difference from adjacent positions lies in "subject matter and outputs and authorization level": this occupation takes extraction equipment and machinery and the site and on-site coordination as its subject matter, produces assisted work completed according to work procedures (materials and observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and tidying and cleaning) together with traceable equipment and work records, completes work within the scope of craft worker and job authorization based on equipment and site and coordination ability, and is responsible for work safety and production order; earth drillers and derrick operators and mining machine operators and blasters produce their own professional work, with different responsibility and authorization levels.

Core concept of adjacent positions | Most positions in the same group and adjacent positions aim to "complete extraction or drilling or blasting or loading and unloading work to the specified quality within work procedure and safety requirements and keep records", with differences in subject matter and outputs and authorization level: some take independent drilling or derrick or mining or blasting work as the subject matter, and some take on-site assistance and coordination as the subject matter.

Core purpose of this occupation | Taking extraction equipment and machinery and drilling tools and the site and work procedures as the subject matter, complete work within the scope of craft workers and safety and authorization: materials and transport and unloading and organizing, equipment installation and adjustment, observing and monitoring operation, assisting extraction operations, cleaning and preparing the site and records, producing procedure-conforming assisted work and traceable records.

Main subject matter and basis of adjacent positions | Earth drillers rely on drilling processes and geological requirements; derrick operators rely on oil and gas drilling and well control procedures; blasters rely on blasting design and civil explosives codes; mining machine operators rely on mining equipment operating procedures; construction laborers rely on general construction and work procedures. Most of them take independent drilling or derrick or blasting or mining or general construction as the subject matter, which differs from this occupation's on-site extraction coordination.

Main subject matter and basis of this occupation | Taking the site and working face, equipment and machinery and drilling tools, materials and spare parts, key points for observing and monitoring equipment operation, excavation and loading and handling, cleaning and site tidying before and after work, and signals and communication and work permit requirements as the subject matter, complete coordination and judgments according to work procedures and current standards and work safety and special operations and occupational health requirements.

Occupational profile | The Helpers--Extraction Workers on this page is the exact occupation O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers), and takes on on-site coordination tasks such as materials and observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and handling and cleaning in the extraction crews of mining and quarrying and oil and gas extraction and geological and construction enterprises; the work is mainly on-site physical and equipment and machinery coordination, accompanied by handling and tidying and cleaning and records and collaboration, often performed amid dust and contaminants and noise and open-pit or underground and various weather conditions, and organized according to production plans and processes.

Core processes of adjacent positions | Earth drillers focus on drilling and sampling; derrick operators focus on drilling and well control and tripping; blasters focus on charging and wiring and detonation; mining machine operators focus on mining machine operation; this occupation focuses on observation and monitoring and handling and installation and tidying and cleaning coordination.

Core processes of this occupation | Accepting the task and checking the site, equipment and machinery inspection, material and spare part transport and organizing, equipment installation and adjustment, observing and monitoring operation and assisting extraction, cleaning and preparing the site and records and handover; each step must be performed according to work procedures and craft worker instructions and be reviewable by craft workers and quality control and safety personnel.

Main outputs of adjacent positions | Earth drillers produce boreholes and core samples and drilling records; derrick operators produce drilling and well control and tripping records; blasters produce blasting work and safety records; mining machine operators produce mining work and equipment operation records; these differ from this occupation's coordination work and equipment and work records.

Main outputs of this occupation | Assisted work completed according to work procedures (transported and unloaded materials and parts, installed and adjusted equipment, observation and monitoring records, assisted extraction work, cleaned and tidied sites), equipment and work and inspection records, material and usage and rework records, anomaly and outstanding item records, and traceable shift and handover records.

Responsible parties of adjacent positions | Responsibility for positions in the same group and adjacent positions is usually defined by the affiliated enterprise and production and safety and quality systems, and the objects of responsibility are mostly equipment and personal safety and production continuity and the environment.

This occupation is responsible for its own observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and tidying and cleaning and records, and for the assisted work performed according to work procedures and safety requirements; matters involving blasting and explosives, equipment safety inspection, heights and edges, and major quality and safety matters must be referred to the appropriate position or organization according to qualifications and job authorization and policy.

Authority and approval of adjacent positions | The authority of positions in the same group and adjacent positions comes from enterprise authorization and production and safety and professional specifications, and usually does not include the authority to decide on blasting design or equipment modification or major dispositions; matters involving blasting and equipment modification and special operations and major rework should be transferred to the appropriate position or organization.

Authority and approval of this occupation | Daily observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and tidying and cleaning must be carried out within the scope of the craft worker and job authorization and work procedures; matters involving blasting and explosives and height and edges and machinery and loading and unloading operations, and equipment modification and major rework must be carried out according to policy and qualifications; matters involving blasting and special operations qualifications and work permits are governed by the requirements of the competent authority and the enterprise.

Conclusion boundaries of adjacent positions | Conclusions of positions in the same group and adjacent positions are mostly limited to this equipment or this process level and usually do not constitute a determination of production safety or project acceptance or legal liability; conclusions that cross disciplines or involve blasting and major safety have limits on their applicability.

Conclusion boundaries of this occupation | Observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and cleaning conclusions state only verifiable records and work content and results, and distinguish measured facts from judgment inferences and items to be verified; conclusions on matters beyond one's own qualifications (blasting work conclusions, equipment safety inspection conclusions, accident determinations) must not be issued in one's own name.

Pre-onboarding checklist notes | The following six items are used to check off one by one before applying and onboarding, to avoid inferring actual duties and authorization from the job title or promotional language; the check results should be based on written recruitment information and the employment contract and job description and production and safety system documents, and should be continuously confirmed after onboarding. This page only lists checklist points and does not constitute a hiring or safety conclusion.

Checklist point notes | Job titles are similar but duties and authorization differ greatly: some focus on materials and handling and observation, some on equipment installation and adjustment, some on specific sites (open-pit mines or underground or oil and gas sites or geological drilling), and some also cover blasting and loading and unloading and machinery coordination; different enterprises and jurisdictions have different requirements for blasting and special operations and qualifications and safety, so check first and then judge fit.

01 Actual job duties and work and site authority | Check whether you truly take on on-site coordination such as observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment, or mainly cleaning and assistance; check the sites and work types you can take part in (open-pit mines or underground or oil and gas or geological drilling or construction), the authority to use tools and machinery and equipment, the authority to take part in blasting and work permits, and the interface relationships with craft workers and crews and equipment and safety personnel.

Checklist point notes | This occupation often works amid dust and contaminants and noise and open-pit or underground and various weather conditions and involves blasting and machinery risk, and usually requires training in safety and blasting and explosives and machinery and height and edges and occupational health, and compliance with personal protection and emergency response requirements.

02 Safety and occupational health and blasting and machinery and height requirements | Check whether the enterprise requires and provides: safety operating procedures and blasting and explosives and work permit training; machinery and height and edge and loading and unloading operation permit requirements; personal protection and emergency response and drills; requirements for the disposal and reporting of dust and contaminants and wastewater and waste; and requirements for identifying and reporting equipment and site hazards.

Checklist point notes | U.S. O*NET places 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers) in Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed), with an SVP range of below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0); the education section shows 97% requiring a high school diploma or equivalent, 2% requiring a post-secondary certificate, and 2% requiring an associate or other two-year degree (the page lists those three); growth is labeled Decline (-2%) and Bright Outlook is not marked; in the United States preparation for this occupation is usually short-term on-the-job training and mentor-based training.

03 Education and training and on-the-job training and qualification requirements | Check whether vocational school training or on-the-job experience is required (that page's Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) and SVP below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)); whether mentor-based training or on-the-job training is provided; whether blasting and special operations and working-at-height and machinery operation qualifications or in-house enterprise training and assessment are required; and whether the training and assessment cover observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and handling and cleaning and safety and emergency response.

Checklist point notes | This occupation is mainly control and handling and operation and repair and communication (controlling machines and processes 94 and handling and moving objects 94 and operating vehicles 93 and repairing and maintaining mechanical equipment 89 are the highest activities; exposure to hazardous equipment and contaminants and noise is common, decision frequency is high, consequences of error are relatively serious, responsibility for others' health and safety is relatively high, and there are production and process constraints), so the site environment and physical and safety tolerance must be included in the check.

04 Pay, working hours, and employment contract scope | Check the composition of the offered pay (base wage, overtime and shift work and high temperature and field allowances, piece rate and crew performance, differences by region and enterprise and site, social insurance and housing fund and labor protection and protective equipment and board and lodging arrangements), working hours and scheduling and site rotation and winter shutdown arrangements, contract term and probation and termination conditions, and training and qualification and promotion arrangements; the U.S.-scope median and percentiles serve only as market reference and are not equal to the offer of any enterprise or region.

Checklist point notes | The interface relationships with craft workers and crews and production and equipment and safety parties determine the boundaries of observation and installation and adjustment and acceptance and authorization and responsibility and disclosure, and must be clarified in advance.

05 Interfaces with craft workers and crews and projects | Check the authority to confirm and adjust equipment and machinery and work, the arrangements for applying for and using and reviewing tools and spare parts, the path for observation and installation and adjustment and nonconforming or rework items, and the requirements for handling and externally providing enterprise and site and equipment manufacturer technical materials.

Checklist point notes | The traceability and record-keeping requirements for task sheets and equipment and observation and monitoring and materials and usage and anomalies determine quality and responsibility definition, and the specifications for templates and time limits and modification and archiving and authority and retention periods must be clarified in advance (materials involving enterprise and site and equipment manufacturer technical materials must also be managed under confidentiality and minimum necessity requirements).

06 Equipment and operation and cleaning and record requirements | Check the requirements for task sheet records, equipment and machinery and observation and monitoring records, material and usage records, installation and adjustment and assisting extraction records, cleaning and tidying and site restoration records, rework records, anomaly and outstanding item records, and work permits and shift handover and original records and revision trail.

Conclusion | The core difference between this page (O*NET 47-5081.00 Helpers--Extraction Workers) and adjacent positions lies in "subject matter and outputs and authorization level": this occupation takes extraction equipment and machinery and the site and on-site coordination as its subject matter, producing assisted work completed according to work procedures together with traceable equipment and work records; earth drillers and derrick operators and blasters and roustabouts and construction laborers focus on their own subject matter, with different outputs and authorization levels.

Evidence note | The comparison objects in the table below come from the O*NET occupational classification and public materials, and are used to help distinguish the work content of adjacent occupations and choose a fit; they do not constitute qualification, hiring, or pay conclusions, nor safety, blasting, special operations, or legal advice. The wages and employment of each occupation must be checked according to its own occupational code and statistical scope and cannot be applied to one another.

Preface | The following comparison is presented in four columns: "career direction — core work and outputs — key differences — what it suits better". Drilling and derrick and blasting and roustabout and construction positions often connect within the same site and process, but connection does not mean they are interchangeable; each position differs in subject matter, equipment, qualifications, and responsibility boundaries and must be checked separately.

Key difference: this occupation takes extraction equipment and machinery and the site and on-site coordination as its subject matter, completing observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and cleaning within the scope of craft worker and job authorization based on equipment and site and coordination ability, and is responsible for work safety and production order; adjacent positions take independent drilling or derrick or blasting or roustabout or general construction as their subject matter, with different specialties and authorization.

Better suited to people who are willing to work hands-on around equipment and machinery and the site, can do observation and monitoring and handling and installation and tidying and cleaning solidly according to craft workers and procedures, and take responsibility for work safety and production order.

Core work and outputs: driving mobile equipment to transport materials and parts to the excavation site, using hand tools to unload materials and devices, installing and adjusting excavation equipment, observing and monitoring equipment operation during extraction, and organizing materials and cleaning and preparing the site; the outputs are assisted work completed according to work procedures together with equipment and work records.

This occupation: Helpers--Extraction Workers (O*NET/SOC 47-5081.00, Helpers--Extraction Workers)

Key difference: it takes independent drilling and sampling as the subject matter, producing boreholes and drilling records; this occupation takes on-site coordination as the subject matter, with a different authorization level.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in earth drilling and sampling; this occupation is more oriented toward on-site coordination of materials and observation and monitoring and installation.

Core work and outputs: taking geological and earth drilling and sampling and wall protection as the subject matter, producing boreholes and core samples and drilling records.

Earth drillers, except oil and gas (Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas, 47-5023.00)

Key difference: it takes oil and gas drilling and well control as the subject matter, producing drilling and tripping records; this occupation takes on-site coordination as the subject matter, with different specialties and authorization.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in oil and gas drilling and derrick operation; this occupation is more oriented toward coordination of site materials and observation and monitoring.

Core work and outputs: taking oil and gas drilling and well control and tripping operations as the subject matter, producing drilling and well control and tripping records.

Oil and gas derrick operators (Oil and Gas Derrick Operators, 47-5012.00)

Key difference: it takes blasting operations as the subject matter, producing blasting and safety records; this occupation takes on-site coordination as the subject matter and does not bear blasting operation responsibility.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in blasting operations; this occupation is more oriented toward coordination of site materials and observation and cleaning.

Core work and outputs: taking blasting design and charging and wiring and detonation as the subject matter, producing blasting work and safety records.

Blasters and explosives workers and ordnance handling experts (Blasters and Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters, 47-5032.00)

Key difference: it takes oil and gas site roustabout work as the subject matter, producing site work records; this occupation takes extraction and drilling coordination as the subject matter, with different sites and specialties.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in oil and gas site roustabout work; this occupation is more oriented toward on-site coordination of extraction and drilling.

Core work and outputs: taking the handling and maintenance and cleaning of oil and gas site equipment and tubular goods as the subject matter, producing site work and equipment records.

Roustabouts, oil and gas (Roustabouts, Oil and Gas, 47-5071.00)

Key difference: it takes general construction and demolition and handling as the subject matter, producing construction work records; this occupation takes extraction and drilling coordination as the subject matter, with a different specialty direction.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in general construction and demolition and handling; this occupation is more oriented toward material and observation and cleaning coordination for extraction and drilling crews.

Core work and outputs: taking earthwork and demolition and handling and assistance at general construction sites as the subject matter, producing general construction work and safety records.

Construction laborers (Construction Laborers, 47-2061.00)

Transition | This page places adjacent positions side by side by "subject matter and outputs and authorization level" in order to help you judge which kind of drilling or derrick or blasting or roustabout or construction position you want to invest in long term. Whichever direction you choose, what really determines whether you can take the job is the equipment and process and safety and qualification ability of that direction, together with the target enterprise's and jurisdiction's requirements for training and blasting and special operations and qualifications; wages and employment must be checked according to each occupation's own code and statistical scope and cannot be applied to one another.

Entry and job-shadowing stage

Apply digital tools to reversible supporting steps: organizing task sheets and equipment ledgers, retrieving site and equipment materials, entering observation and usage and monitoring readings; blasting and machinery and safety judgments are governed by craft workers and authorization.

Independent coordination position

Use equipment monitoring and maintenance records and project communication applications for observation and usage and progress and handover records; observation and installation and adjustment and cleaning judgments remain the responsibility of the person according to procedures.

Skilled and specialist position

Use tools for multi-site and equipment and output and downtime data aggregation and analysis; complex and controlled matters (blasting and special operations and equipment safety) are confirmed by the person together with craft workers or safety personnel.

Team leader and site management position

Use tools for production and safety and materials and cost and progress statistics and reports and knowledge management; major conclusions and equipment modification and external disclosure must be manually approved and documented.

Editorial task judgment | Trials of task sheets, material lists, and record drafts may be conducted in an approved environment, manually checking the original information and on-site criteria. No evidence has been obtained on this occupation's generative AI adoption rate, measured efficiency gains, exposure level, or employment causality, and it is not guaranteed that the occupation as a whole will not be substituted. O*NET lists 4 software skill categories, and the 5 hot items are U.S. 2025 recruitment mentions: Office and Excel each 1%, and shares for Docs, Outlook, and Word are not provided; there is no current monitoring/data collection software directory evidence, and recruitment shares do not imply usage, AI adoption, or efficiency gains. The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

O*NET 47-5081.00 detailed information (tasks and work activities)

Used to define this occupation's task scope and work context (observing and monitoring equipment operation during extraction to detect anomalies, driving mobile equipment to transport materials and parts to the excavation site, using hand tools to unload materials and devices and mechanical parts, installing and adjusting equipment used to excavate geological materials, and organizing materials for use; controlling machines and processes 94, handling and moving objects 94, operating vehicles 93, repairing and maintaining mechanical equipment 89); U.S. occupational classification scope, and it does not cover mainland China's work safety and civil explosives regulations.

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS 2025)

Used for point-in-time estimates of U.S. wages and percentiles; this page takes the occupation's own scope as presented by O*NET on the 47-5081.00 page, and does not call it an adjacent occupation's value.

BLS employment projections (2025—2035)

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

O*NET 47-5081.00 hot technologies (software skills)

O*NET lists 4 software skill categories, and the 5 hot items are U.S. 2025 recruitment mentions: Office and Excel each 1%, and shares for Docs, Outlook, and Word are not provided; there is no current monitoring/data collection software directory evidence, and recruitment shares do not imply usage, AI adoption, or efficiency gains.

ILO research on the occupational exposure index of generative AI and employment

Used to understand the mechanism by which technology affects data and document and information tasks; the research objects are mainly broad occupational groups and it does not predict changes to individual positions in this occupation.

NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)

Used for general principles of governance and risk control; it is not a blasting or special operations or safety or legal standard.

O*NET 47-5081.00 work context (tasks and environment and safety)

Used to explain this occupation's work and safety characteristics (exposure to hazardous equipment and contaminants and noise is common, high decision frequency, relatively serious consequences of error, relatively high responsibility for others' health and safety, and constraints from production and processes).

Difference preface | Below, adjacent positions are compared by "what AI and automation mainly change / what people remain responsible for". The conclusion is consistent: what equipment and systems can enhance is task sheets and observation and equipment and production and knowledge retrieval; on-site observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and blasting and machinery and safety responsibility always rest with personnel holding the corresponding experience and authorization. Technical feasibility, whether an enterprise adopts it (which depends on blasting and special operations and work safety requirements), and job outcomes must be judged separately.

Task sheets and equipment ledgers and observation readings and production drafts can be handled by equipment and systems

On-site observation and monitoring and handling and installation and blasting and machinery and safety responsibility

Multi-site and equipment and output and downtime data aggregation and statistics can be accelerated by tools

Equipment modification and safety and acceptance and external disclosure decisions

Site and equipment and procedure knowledge retrieval and drafts can be generated by tools

Content evidence and safety and quality review and blasting responsibility

Evidence preface | Citation rules: cite only sources that can support the claims on this page; indicate the jurisdiction, period, statistical scope, and whether it is the 47-5081.00 own scope; general research focused on broad occupational groups must not be used to infer changes to individual positions in this occupation; a technology list does not mean adoption; a mention of equipment and production tools does not mean a transfer of responsibility.

Occupational-level description, not an automation rate or risk rating

O*NET 47-5081.00 detailed information

Tasks and work context are occupational-level descriptions showing high control and handling and high safety responsibility characteristics

Tasks and context support on-site work and coordination responsibility, and cannot be used to prove overall resistance to substitution, enterprise adoption, or efficiency gains.

Not applicable to other jurisdictions; the median is not the starting wage

BLS OEWS (2025, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope)

Point-in-time sample estimate of U.S. wages

May2025 precise 47-5081.00 median annual wage $47,730, hourly wage $22.95; this is not a Chinese wage or a starting wage.

A projection, not actual hires; openings consist mainly of replacement needs

BLS employment projections (2025—2035, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope)

The projection includes growth and replacement needs

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

A technology mention is not equal to adoption or degree of automation

O*NET 47-5081.00 hot technologies (software skills)

O*NET lists 4 software skill categories, and the 5 hot items are U.S. 2025 recruitment mentions: Office and Excel each 1%, and shares for Docs, Outlook, and Word are not provided; there is no current monitoring/data collection software directory evidence, and recruitment shares do not imply usage, AI adoption, or efficiency gains.

Ordinary software and generative AI are kept separate; a directory or recruitment mention does not prove adoption or effect and does not transfer on-site responsibility.

It is not a blasting or special operations or safety or legal standard

NIST AI RMF 1.0

General AI risk governance framework

Adopting generative tools and automated data organization and digital records requires clarifying responsibility ownership, safety and quality review and result verification, and fallback plans

Technical feasibility: a task may be technically reachable by equipment or a system; this is only a feasibility judgment and does not mean it is permitted to be used, nor that it has been adopted by an enterprise.

Enterprise and regulatory adoption: whether to introduce it depends on blasting and special operations and work safety requirements and on enterprise production and safety management systems; responsibility for work and personal safety cannot be transferred by introducing a system.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

There is no evidence to determine the year the occupation will disappear, nor can it be guaranteed that it will never be eliminated. The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

O*NET tasks; not a substitution forecast

O*NET lists 4 software skill categories, and the 5 hot items are U.S. 2025 recruitment mentions: Office and Excel each 1%, and shares for Docs, Outlook, and Word are not provided; there is no current monitoring/data collection software directory evidence, and recruitment shares do not imply usage, AI adoption, or efficiency gains. A tool list does not prove that all positions require no programming, and actual equipment and hiring requirements are checked separately.

U.S. 2025 job posting skill mentions

Editorial assistance assumption | Material retrieval, task sheet organizing, and record drafts can be trialed; the effect must be actually verified, and adoption cannot be inferred from a software directory.

O*NET tasks; editorial assistance assumption

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

BLS2025—2035 projection

Cannot be taken on by itself. On-site observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and cleaning are the responsibility of personnel and enterprises holding the corresponding experience and authorization; systems can assist with monitoring and record data as configured, but operation and installation and blasting and safety judgments must be set and confirmed by people.

NIST general governance; specific qualifications to be checked separately

There is no evidence to determine the year the occupation will disappear, nor can it be guaranteed that it will never be eliminated. The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

BLS projection; no disappearance year inferred

Priority should be given to mastering equipment observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and disassembly, material handling and unloading and organizing, site cleaning and preparation, blasting and machinery and height and edge and dust and contaminant safe operations, and the ability to adhere to procedures and evidence and records and anomaly reporting under production and process pressure; digital tools only need to be usable.

O*NET tasks; editorial learning suggestion

Responsibility preface | Efficiency can be outsourced to equipment and systems, but on-site observation and monitoring and handling and installation and blasting judgments and safety and process responsibility cannot. The following five steps are the human responsibility points that must be preserved before and after adopting any digital tool or automated data and report generation.

Task and boundaries: the site and equipment and blasting and safety boundaries must be determined by craft workers and personnel holding the corresponding qualifications and authorization, and equipment and systems do not replace on-site and equipment judgment.

Data and methods: observation and usage and equipment and production data and their sources and calibration must be checked and reviewed by the person, and insufficient or deviating data must be clearly stated, and gaps must not be concealed by system output.

Conclusions and determinations: observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and cleaning conclusions must be made by the person according to work procedures and current standards, and system output must not be used directly as a basis for release or rework or external publication.

Safety and compliance: blasting and explosives and machinery and height and edge and loading and unloading and dust and contaminants and work permits and personal protection must follow work safety and special operations requirements and be carried out according to policy, and controlled materials must be managed under confidentiality and retention period requirements.

Changes and disclosure: equipment and work and site information disclosure and equipment modification changes must be carried out within the scope of authorization and policy, and when a blasting or machinery or dust or exceeding-authorization anomaly is found, operations must be paused and isolated and reported according to policy.

Using system-generated equipment or parameter suggestions directly for operation or release

Operation and safety and quality responsibility must be verified and documented by the person according to procedures

Enterprise and site and equipment manufacturer technical materials being mistakenly sent or flowing into unauthorized channels

Limit the purpose and retention period and access rights, and do not upload controlled materials to external services or unauthorized environments

Missing model, tool, template, and parameter versions making suggestions non-reproducible and non-traceable.

Keep tool versions, inputs and outputs, and manual review, and check version changes against actual tasks; output must not be used directly for release.

Material identifiers, quantities, dimensions, units, or original reading errors causing work and quality misjudgment.

Check the original records, units, batches, and on-site measurements, stop and review when anomalies occur, and do not generate false data.

Vague attribution of responsibility: unclear who operates, who determines conformity, and who approves modification and disclosure

Before adopting a system, clarify the operations and application and approval path and responsible persons and keep records

Material transport and unloading and organizing judgment are the person's responsibility (human control point)

Materials and preparation

Lists can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Driving mobile equipment to transport materials and parts to the excavation site and organizing materials

Installation and adjustment and disassembly are the person's responsibility according to procedures (human control point)

Equipment installation and adjustment

Materials can be assisted, installation judgment is the person's responsibility

Installing and adjusting equipment used to excavate geological materials

Observation and monitoring and reporting are the person's responsibility (human control point)

Operation observation and monitoring

Readings can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Observing and monitoring equipment operation during extraction to detect anomalies

Assistance and coordination are the person's responsibility according to authorization (human control point)

Assisting extraction operations

Records can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Providing assistance to earth drillers and derrick operators and mining machine operators

Cleaning and site preparation are the person's responsibility according to procedures (human control point)

Cleaning and site preparation

Records can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Cleaning the site and removing debris, and cleaning and preparing the excavation or drilling site

Blasting and work permit coordination are the person's responsibility according to qualifications (human control point)

Blasting and work permit coordination

Records can be assisted, safety judgment is the person's responsibility

Cooperating with work according to blasting and work permit and safety requirements

Anomaly identification and isolation and reporting and rework requests are completed by the person according to authorization (human control point)

Anomaly handling

Anomaly records can be assisted, determination and disposition responsibility is the person's responsibility

Identifying blasting or machinery or dust anomalies and isolating and reporting them

Editorial suggestion | Trial material retrieval and record assistance in an authorized environment and check the real effect; output does not replace original readings, on-site work, or safety and quality responsibility, and there is no measured efficiency evidence for this occupation.

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 50th percentile annual wage $47,730; hourly wage $22.95

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 75th percentile annual wage $57,920; hourly wage $27.84

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 90th percentile annual wage $68,020; hourly wage $32.70

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

AI exposure | The task sheet and observation and equipment and production and knowledge retrieval draft steps of this occupation can be assisted by generative and statistical tools, and no evidence of a generative AI exposure level has been obtained, so no level judgment is made; the direct impact of generative AI itself on it is concentrated in data and documents and retrieval organization; this page does not score or predict its AI impact.

Occupational definition | The Helpers--Extraction Workers on this page is the exact occupation O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers): help extraction craft workers (such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators) by performing duties requiring less skill: supplying equipment or cleaning the work area. In the United States this occupation is Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) (below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)); growth is labeled 2025—2035 precise growth 1.7%, and that page is not marked Bright Outlook.

Extraction or oil and gas or building construction related education and training

Most positions

Meets the equipment and site and safety knowledge starting point for entry; the education section on that page shows 97% requiring a high school diploma or equivalent, 2% requiring a post-secondary certificate, and 2% requiring an associate or other two-year degree (the page lists those three)

Equipment observation and monitoring and handling and installation and cleaning ability

All positions

Positions usually require the ability to observe and monitor equipment operation and to handle and install and adjust and clean, and to comply with blasting and machinery and height and edge and dust and contaminant safety requirements

Blasting and special operations and working-at-height qualifications

Positions involving the corresponding operations

In China, actual catalog special operations are trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and renewed upon expiry; actual blasting operations additionally follow Article 33 of the civil explosives regulations for professional training, assessment by the districted city public security authority, and personnel permits, with entity permits and personnel qualifications kept separate, and not all extraction helpers require a blasting certificate; apprenticeship is not listed as universally required or common.

Occupational health and labor protection requirements

Positions involving dust and contaminants and noise and underground work

Those exposed to occupational disease hazards are examined and protected as required; position adjustment depends on the actual hazards and results, and rotation is not a fixed requirement for everyone.

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; construction (Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction / Construction)

O*NET shows on the 47-5081.00 page that this occupation's main industries in the United States are mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and construction; the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category, and the mining and construction category scopes cover multiple occupations and cannot replace this occupation's wages.

Open-pit and underground mining (reference)

Some extraction helper positions serve open-pit and underground mining; this scope is an industry average, is not equal to this occupation's wages, and is not filled in on this page.

Geological and earth drilling and engineering services (reference)

Some positions can be classified under geological and earth drilling and engineering services; this scope is an industry average, is not equal to this occupation's wages, and is not filled in on this page.

National Bureau of Statistics: notes on the statistical scope of average wages of urban unit employees | https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/

Job title mapping | Helpers--Extraction Workers (O*NET/SOC 47-5081.00 Helpers--Extraction Workers; commonly called in recruitment and in the industry extraction helper, drilling worker assistant, mine auxiliary worker, earthwork worker, blasting assistant).

Mainland China section | In mainland China there are positions in mining and oil and gas and drilling and geological engineering similar to Helpers--Extraction Workers, and their work and blasting and drilling and machinery and height and edges and loading and unloading and safety and occupational health and records are governed by the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and related regulations and standards on civil explosives and special operations and occupational health and environmental protection; however, public occupational statistics do not list a national wage distribution separately for this occupation.

Matching rationale | Extraction support at mining and oil and gas enterprises matches the mining industry; employers in construction and geological services are classified separately, and the category is not used as an occupational wage; the broad reference is the 2025 annual average wage of 143,361/79,169 yuan for urban non-private/private units in mining. The statistics cover multiple occupations and levels in that industry and cannot be filled in for this occupation's median, starting wage, or personal income. This round has not obtained a precise national wage distribution for this occupation, and the gap is retained.

National Bureau of Statistics: average annual wages of urban unit employees in 2025 | https://www.stats.gov.cn/zwfwck/sjfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html

Pay structure note | Income for positions in this occupation is usually related to region and site and cost of living, overtime and shift work and field and high temperature allowances, whether the person holds blasting and special operations and working-at-height qualifications, and whether the person takes on underground and blasting coordination and team-leading duties; similar positions vary considerably across regions and sites (the U.S. distribution on that page spans an annual wage of 36,960 to 68,020 from the 10th percentile to the 90th percentile).

2025 mining / urban non-private units (industry reference)

Average annual wage 143,361 yuan/year; the average for all employed persons in the industry, not this occupation's wage.

2025 mining / urban private units (industry reference)

Average annual wage 79,169 yuan/year; the average for all employed persons in the industry, not this occupation's wage.

Mainland China precise national occupational wage for this occupation

Insufficient evidence: public occupational statistics in mainland China have not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers); the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category without distinguishing occupations, and this page does not fill in the gap with industry averages, recruitment offers, or U.S. data.

Classification mapping note | This page is the exact occupation O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers), which differs from adjacent occupations such as earth drillers, except oil and gas (47-5023.00), oil and gas derrick operators (47-5012.00), blasters and explosives workers and ordnance handling experts (47-5032.00), roustabouts, oil and gas (47-5071.00), and construction laborers (47-2061.00); wages and employment must be checked according to each occupation's own code and statistical scope and cannot be applied to one another.

Notes on U.S. BLS and O*NET statistical scope | https://www.bls.gov/oes/

Growth Decline 2025—2035 precise growth 1.7% (2025—2035, BLS employment projections, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope; that page is not marked Bright Outlook)

Median hourly wage $22.95 / median annual wage $47,730 (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope)

May2025 25th percentile annual wage $41,430; hourly wage $19.92

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 50th percentile annual wage $47,730; hourly wage $22.95

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 75th percentile annual wage $57,920; hourly wage $27.84

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 90th percentile annual wage $68,020; hourly wage $32.70

Scope | U.S. precise 47-5081.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

The precise national five wage percentiles and employment projection have been checked; regional and precise industry wages have not been obtained. The industry background is scoped separately; shared old facts and protected surfaces are retained, and full-page synchronization is not claimed.

U.S. precise 47-5081.00 May2025 median annual wage $47,730 and hourly wage $22.95, with the five wage percentiles checked. The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Process complexity and demand differ noticeably across sites (open-pit mines and underground and oil and gas sites and geological drilling and construction) and trades (extraction and drilling and blasting coordination), affecting income and stability.

Site type and trade

Whether the person masters equipment observation and installation and adjustment and handling and blasting coordination abilities, and whether the person holds blasting and special operations and working-at-height qualifications, noticeably affects income.

Region and skills and qualifications

Positions that take on underground and blasting coordination and team-leading and site management duties have duties and pay structures different from positions focused on basic cleaning and assistance.

Job duties and team leading

Growth Decline 2025—2035 precise growth 1.7% (2025—2035, BLS employment projections, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope; that page is not marked Bright Outlook)

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction)

Precise occupational industry wages have not been obtained, and the gap is retained.

The original optional fact_ref was not registered and has been released; Chinese industry wages or adjacent occupation data must not be mixed in.

Construction (Construction)

Precise occupational industry wages have not been obtained, and the gap is retained.

The original optional fact_ref was not registered and has been released; Chinese industry wages or adjacent occupation data must not be mixed in.

Geological and earth drilling and engineering services (reference)

Precise occupational industry wages have not been obtained, and the gap is retained.

The original optional fact_ref was not registered and has been released; Chinese industry wages or adjacent occupation data must not be mixed in.

Open-pit and underground mining (reference)

Precise occupational industry wages have not been obtained, and the gap is retained.

The original optional fact_ref was not registered and has been released; Chinese industry wages or adjacent occupation data must not be mixed in.

Distribution reading: the median is the midpoint of the distribution and is not equal to the starting point; for this occupation, the annual wage from the 10th percentile to the 90th percentile spans about from $36,960 to $68,020, with differences mainly from region and site and trade and skills and qualifications and duties.

Scope reading: OEWS reports wages reported by employers, including production incentive bonuses and excluding benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses; the values on this page are presented by O*NET on the 47-5081.00 page and that page does not mark them as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation, so they are presented according to this occupation's own scope, and individual income in adjacent occupations must not be inferred from them.

Wages are May2025 OEWS as presented by O*NET on the precise national page; the employment projection is the BLS2025—2035 precise matrix, which includes self-employment and differs in coverage from employee wages.

Usage suggestion: read the three sets of figures — median, percentiles, and employment — together with "this occupation's own scope, not representing adjacent occupations" and "2025—2035 growth of 2025—2035 precise growth 1.7%, with openings consisting mainly of replacement needs", to avoid treating the median as a starting wage or the projection as an individual outcome.

Median hourly wage $22.95 / median annual wage $47,730 (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation's (47-5081.00) own scope)

A national distribution position; experience, duties, or starting wages cannot be inferred backwards from it; the causes of individual wages must be checked separately.

The median represents the typical level at the midpoint of the distribution, but does not represent the entry-level starting wage; it rises with region, site, trade, skills, qualifications, and scope of duties; it is this occupation's own scope and does not represent adjacent occupations.

A national distribution position; experience, duties, or starting wages cannot be inferred backwards from it; the causes of individual wages must be checked separately.

Holland (RIASEC) | Used to understand your relative position on realistic and conventional preferences. The O*NET interest code for this occupation is RC (Realistic—Conventional), corresponding to a willingness to operate equipment by hand and use tools and materials in physical activity (Realistic), and a willingness to organize information and data according to procedures and rules and maintain order (Conventional).

Evidence level | Moderate: the interest code comes from O*NET results on practitioners of this occupation and occupational analysis, but individual scores and occupational codes are not in a one-to-one relationship.

If you find it hard to work amid dust and contaminants and noise and open-pit or underground and various weather conditions, find it hard to accept a rhythm that changes with production and weather and contract periods and possible overtime, or are unwilling to take responsibility for work safety and production order, a high interest questionnaire score cannot change this real cost; for this occupation you must also confirm the enterprise's requirements for blasting and special operations and working at height and occupational health.

Editorial suggestion to observe safety procedures, material checking, and handover; Big Five traits cannot be used to infer greater ease of adapting.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

Do not use a personality assessment saying you are unsuited as a basis for giving up or not entering the field; use site job shadowing or internships or simulated observation and installation and handling tasks and craft worker evaluations and assessment results instead.

How to understand this interest code: RC means Realistic (operating equipment by hand and using tools and materials in physical activity) and Conventional (organizing information and data according to procedures and rules and maintaining order); it is used to understand this occupation's preference direction, not to judge ability or qualifications.

MBTI | Typology is used for self-reflection on communication and work preferences; this occupation requires coordination with craft workers and crews and site personnel, and preference does not determine competence.

Interest experience: liking to coordinate a full round of observation and monitoring and handling and installation and cleaning well, and gaining satisfaction from good site order with equipment and site and safety and records all in place.

Evidence level | Lower: MBTI is not an occupational qualification or ability assessment tool and cannot be used as a basis for employment.

RC

Realistic—Conventional

Treat the type only as a reference for communication style, and do not use it to infer whether you or others can do observation and installation and handling coordination work well.

Enneagram | Used to observe how you react in situations of tight production and schedules and on-site anomalies; when a blasting or machinery or dust or height issue arises or authorization is exceeded, whether you can first check and handle it according to evidence and policy matters more than the type label.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

Do not use type labels to explain quality or safety disputes; return to whether the procedural basis and the work process and records were adequate.

Editorial suggestion to observe drawing reading and dimension and data checking; there is no evidence comparing the predictive validity of IQ and practical ability.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

A high or low score cannot show whether you can learn observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment coordination; test this through site job shadowing or internships or simulated tasks and craft worker evaluations.

Editorial suggestion to observe communication under schedule pressure, anomaly explanation, and review; quality or safety cannot be inferred from EQ scores.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

Emotional abilities can be improved through actual work and mentoring and deliberate practice, and there is no need to limit yourself with assessment scores.

Boundaries | The assessments and direction comparisons on this page are only for self-questioning and exploration and do not constitute hiring criteria, ability scores, or qualification judgments; admission is governed by education and training and safety and occupational health and qualifications and enterprise authorization. In particular, in the United States this occupation is Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) (below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)); matters involving blasting and special operations and working at height must also meet the corresponding qualification and work permit requirements.

Assessments cannot replace qualifications, skills, or job authorization. In safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe equipment status, material units, work records, and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve actual contact with explosives. These are editorial observation suggestions, and there is no validity evidence more reliable than questionnaires.

This occupation's (Helpers--Extraction Workers) direction | Output is assisted work completed according to work procedures (materials and observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and tidying and cleaning) together with traceable equipment and work records: materials and preparation, equipment installation and adjustment, operation observation and monitoring, assisting extraction operations, cleaning and tidying and records

Able to independently complete observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and cleaning and records within the scope of the craft worker and job authorization and work procedures

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you find it hard to work amid dust and contaminants and noise and open-pit or underground conditions, or find it hard to accept overtime and a rhythm that changes with production and weather, the actual work experience needs to be checked.

Earth driller, except oil and gas, direction | Uses the core outputs of earth drillers, except oil and gas, as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the work skills and qualifications related to the target direction; drilling, derrick, blasting, oil and gas, and general construction must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of extraction and drilling as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Oil and gas derrick operator direction | Uses the core outputs of oil and gas derrick operators as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the work skills and qualifications related to the target direction; drilling, derrick, blasting, oil and gas, and general construction must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of extraction and drilling as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Blaster and explosives worker and ordnance handling expert direction | Uses the core outputs of blasters and explosives workers and ordnance handling experts as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the work skills and qualifications related to the target direction; drilling, derrick, blasting, oil and gas, and general construction must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of extraction and drilling as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Roustabout, oil and gas, direction | Uses the core outputs of roustabouts, oil and gas, as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the work skills and qualifications related to the target direction; drilling, derrick, blasting, oil and gas, and general construction must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of extraction and drilling as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Construction laborer direction | Uses the core outputs of construction laborers as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the work skills and qualifications related to the target direction; drilling, derrick, blasting, oil and gas, and general construction must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of extraction and drilling as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe equipment status, material units, work records, and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve actual contact with explosives. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe equipment status, material units, work records, and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve actual contact with explosives. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe equipment status, material units, work records, and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve actual contact with explosives. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Which MBTI type is most suitable for this occupation? No type has been proven most suitable. MBTI is not an occupational qualification or ability assessment tool, and occupational adaptation mainly depends on skills and qualifications and safety and procedural compliance.

Which Holland interest type is more suitable for this occupation? The O*NET interest code is RC: Realistic (operating equipment by hand and using tools and materials in physical activity) and Conventional (organizing information and data according to procedures and rules and maintaining order).

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe equipment status, material units, work records, and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve actual contact with explosives. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Can someone who is not good at math do this occupation? Basic measuring and calculation and reading and equipment fundamentals ability is needed; a quantitative foundation can be filled in through training and tool assistance, but being completely unable to adapt to measuring tools and equipment and observation would be markedly limiting.

Does this occupation require high emotional intelligence? Emotional stability and communication and conflict handling ability are needed, but no specific assessment score is required. Production and schedule and rework pressure require self-regulation and reporting according to procedures.

Can the Enneagram be used to judge whether I am suited? No. The Enneagram is a self-exploration tool and does not constitute an occupational ability or fit conclusion; judging fit should look at whether you can complete observation and monitoring and installation and cleaning and record work under safety and procedural requirements.

In safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe equipment status, material units, work records, and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve actual contact with explosives. These are editorial exploration suggestions, and there is no evidence that these materials predict fit better than a questionnaire.

Fit signals: willing to be responsible for work safety and production order under blasting and work permit and machinery and height and dust and contaminant requirements, able to switch between observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and cleaning while keeping attention on evidence and records, able to maintain procedures and evidence and review under production and schedule pressure, and to isolate and report according to policy when there is an on-site or equipment anomaly or authorization is exceeded.

Caution signals: finding it hard to work amid dust and contaminants and noise and open-pit or underground conditions, or finding it hard to accept overtime and a rhythm that changes with production and weather and contract periods, or being unwilling to take responsibility for work safety and production order, or unwilling to report and hand over according to policy when authorization is exceeded.

Verification suggestion: first test reading procedures and observation and monitoring and installation and writing records with one simulated or real coordination task, and understand the target enterprise's and jurisdiction's requirements for safety and occupational health and blasting and special operations and working-at-height qualifications, before deciding whether to invest long term.

Used to check this occupation's task scope and work context (U.S. occupational classification scope).

Used to check this occupation's tasks and work activities and detailed work activities.

The RC interest is retained for exploration, and the current style relies on dependability 73, caution 60, attention to detail 57, and is not a personality performance prediction; the specific interest score values have not been obtained; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

The RC interest is retained for exploration, and the current style relies on dependability 73, caution 60, attention to detail 57, and is not a personality performance prediction; the specific interest score values have not been obtained; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

The RC interest is retained for exploration, and the current style relies on dependability 73, caution 60, attention to detail 57, and is not a personality performance prediction; the specific interest score values have not been obtained; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

The RC interest is retained for exploration, and the current style relies on dependability 73, caution 60, attention to detail 57, and is not a personality performance prediction; the specific interest score values have not been obtained; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

Used to check the point-in-time estimate scope of U.S. wages (this occupation's own scope; that page does not mark the data as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation; it does not represent adjacent occupations).

Used to check the employment trend and the official period presentation (this occupation's own scope; 2025—2035 growth of 2025—2035 precise growth 1.7%).

Boundaries | What this page lists are the failure types and control points relatively common in this occupation's observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and cleaning, used to help identify and manage risks, and they do not constitute any safety, blasting, special operations, occupational health, or legal advice or a conclusion on an individual case; anything involving blasting work permits, equipment safety inspection, accident determinations, or occupational disease diagnosis must be handled by a position or organization holding the corresponding qualifications.

Direct answer | The core risk of this occupation is not "can the equipment be operated well", but four types of failure with heavier consequences: safety and personal failure (blasting and explosives and ignition, hazardous equipment and machinery and crushing, dust and contaminants and noise, lifting and handling and material stacking); quality and rework failure (inadequate observation or installation or adjustment leading to equipment faults and production interruption and rework); equipment failure (improper operation or handling causing equipment damage); and record and traceability failure (distorted observation and usage data making responsibility impossible to define).

The precise O*NET 47-5081 tasks and context support equipment, contamination, and safety responsibility clues; the six cards are editorial scenarios, not accident rates; the blasting risk applies only to positions actually handling blasting materials. In China, actual catalog special operations are trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and renewed upon expiry; actual blasting operations additionally follow Article 33 of the civil explosives regulations for professional training, assessment by the districted city public security authority, and personnel permits, with entity permits and personnel qualifications kept separate, and not all extraction helpers require a blasting certificate.

The person and the work team; safety and blasting management personnel; personal safety; blasting and explosives boundaries

Improper handling of blasting or charging or ignition causing explosion or flyrock or injury; failing to work according to blasting work permits and civil explosives requirements

Blasting-related work must be carried out according to work permits and qualifications and warning requirements, and unauthorized personnel must not touch explosives; if blasting or anomalies are found, stop immediately and evacuate and isolate and report

Scenario | When production is tight, being asked to first handle blasting-related materials without fully valid work permits, with the paperwork to be completed later.

The person and safety and equipment management personnel; personal safety and machinery and equipment boundaries

Equipment operation or handling or maintenance mistakes causing crushing or entanglement or equipment damage; failing to work according to equipment operation and maintenance procedures or failing to isolate energy

Work according to equipment operation and maintenance procedures and implement isolation and lockout-tagout and protection; if an equipment or machinery anomaly is found, stop immediately and isolate and report

Scenario | When short-staffed, being asked to have untrained personnel temporarily take over equipment operation or maintenance work.

The person and safety and occupational health personnel; occupational health and working environment

Dust and contaminants and noise and vibration exposure causing inhalation or injury; inadequate ventilation and dust removal and personal protection or failure to work according to substance safety requirements

Work according to ventilation and dust removal and personal protection and substance safety requirements and use suitable protective equipment; stop immediately and review and report when a dust or contaminant anomaly is found

Editorial scenario | Ventilation and dust removal or personal protection not being implemented, and being required to enter a dusty or contaminated area first to finish supplying materials and add protection later.

The person and lifting and handling personnel; personal safety and material stacking boundaries

Improper lifting or handling or stacking causing material overturning or falling and crushing; rigging or stacking or support defects or improper direction

Work according to lifting and handling and stacking procedures and check rigging and load and securement; if a lifting or load anomaly is found, evacuate immediately and isolate and report

Scenario | Material stacking points or lifting access conditions being ignored, and being asked to finish supplying materials first and deal with load and securement problems later.

The person and craft workers and quality control; process quality; observation and adjustment and rework boundaries

Inadequate observation or installation or adjustment leading to equipment faults and production interruption and rework; failing to follow work procedures and equipment manuals

Complete observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment according to work procedures and equipment manuals; when nonconformity or rework is found, isolate immediately and report and cooperate with rework

Scenario | Observation or adjustment results being marginally nonconforming, and under production pressure being asked to restore operation first and retest or adjust later.

The person and craft workers and site management; work quality and responsibility definition; qualification and disclosure boundaries

Missing or distorted observation and usage and equipment and work records making traceability impossible and responsibility undefinable; issuing blasting or equipment safety conclusions beyond scope, or back-filling forged records afterwards

Record truthfully according to policy and retain original records and the revision trail; strictly prohibit generating unverified content or issuing safety or inspection conclusions beyond scope

Scenario | Finding that a piece of equipment's observation and usage data do not match the records, and being asked to issue a quality conclusion based on the existing records first and revise later.

Used to check this occupation's tasks and work context and help identify the failure types in the observation and monitoring and handling and installation and adjustment and cleaning steps (U.S. scope).

Precise occupational task and environment clues, not per-card accident rates or Chinese qualifications.

Task clues, not the law for confidentiality of all technical data or for all construction permits.

In China, actual catalog special operations are trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and renewed upon expiry; actual blasting operations additionally follow Article 33 of the civil explosives regulations for professional training, assessment by the districted city public security authority, and personnel permits, with entity permits and personnel qualifications kept separate, and not all extraction helpers require a blasting certificate.

NIST voluntary AI governance framework, not Chinese construction or special operations law.

Qualification boundaries, first | Application conditions, education, training certificates, safety and skills training, blasting and special operations and working-at-height qualifications, occupational health examinations, position and work authorization, and blasting work permits and equipment safety inspection are different statuses: meeting recruitment conditions is not the same as obtaining the authority to independently handle blasting materials or operate key equipment or issue inspection conclusions. In the United States, this occupation is Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) (below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)), with growth labeled Decline (-2%).

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-5081 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and moderate-term on-the-job training, not short-term OJT; the O*NET new-hire figures of 97% high school / 2% post-secondary certificate / 2% associate total 101%, and the original values are reproduced as-is without forcing normalization or guessing the reason; in China, actual catalog special operations are trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and renewed upon expiry; actual blasting operations additionally follow Article 33 of the civil explosives regulations for professional training, assessment by the districted city public security authority, and personnel permits, with entity permits and personnel qualifications kept separate, and not all extraction helpers require a blasting certificate; Miner I (Mine & Quarry) is only the current 1 apprenticeship example and is not universally required.

Qualification boundaries, third | The preparation items listed on this page are not equal to authorization and do not automatically bring blasting work, equipment safety inspection, or external disclosure authority; real authority is governed by the requirements of the enterprise and the competent authority.

Emergency Order 19 catalog special operations follow the current validity period and renewal upon expiry; civil explosives personnel qualification levels and entity project permits are checked separately, and the old fixed 3-year review or a single certificate type is not applied to all extraction helpers.

Recruitment sample note | This page does not cite the number or pay figures of any specific recruitment notice. Helpers--Extraction Workers positions are mostly recruited through mining and quarrying and oil and gas extraction and geological and engineering services and construction enterprises and project channels, and are affected by region and site and trade and project cycles, so samples from public channels can hardly represent the overall market; recruitment requirements and authorization must be based on written recruitment information and the employment contract and job description and production and safety system documents.

This page only lists check points and does not constitute a hiring or pay commitment.

Boundaries | The preparation paths and capability ladder on this page are used to help you plan learning and accumulate evidence, and do not constitute hiring, promotion, or qualification determinations. Real admission is governed by safety and skills training and qualifications and enterprise authorization and assessment, and also does not mean obtaining the authority to independently handle blasting materials or operate key equipment or conduct equipment safety inspection.

Under mentoring, take on material and tool preparation and observation and handling assistance and cleaning and record assistance; do not independently handle blasting materials or operate key equipment or issue inspection conclusions.

Job shadowing and assistant position

Able to independently complete observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and handling and cleaning and records within the scope of the craft worker and job authorization and work procedures, and isolate and report according to policy when there is an anomaly or safety issue or authorization is exceeded.

Independent coordination position

Able to take on underground and complex site coordination and equipment operation and adjustment and mentoring and process coordination.

Skilled and specialist position

Able to take on crew and process arrangements and production and safety and materials and progress implementation and evaluation and anomaly sign-off and multi-party coordination.

Team leader and site management position

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-5081 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and moderate-term on-the-job training, not short-term OJT; the O*NET new-hire figures of 97% high school / 2% post-secondary certificate / 2% associate total 101%, and the original values are reproduced as-is without forcing normalization or guessing the reason. Check qualifications and enterprise authorization according to the actual work; apprenticeship, vocational courses, or all specialty certificate types are not universally required. The development ladder is an editorial plan and does not guarantee hiring or promotion.

Qualification boundaries | Receiving vocational training, completing job shadowing and practical work, obtaining education or training certificates, passing safety and skills assessment and blasting and special operations and working-at-height qualifications, entering occupational health management, and obtaining enterprise position and work authorization are different statuses; the preparation items listed on this page are not equal to authorization and do not automatically bring blasting work or equipment safety inspection or external disclosure authority.

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-5081 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and moderate-term on-the-job training, not short-term OJT; the O*NET new-hire figures of 97% high school / 2% post-secondary certificate / 2% associate total 101%, and the original values are reproduced as-is without forcing normalization or guessing the reason; in China, actual catalog special operations are trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and renewed upon expiry; actual blasting operations additionally follow Article 33 of the civil explosives regulations for professional training, assessment by the districted city public security authority, and personnel permits, with entity permits and personnel qualifications kept separate, and not all extraction helpers require a blasting certificate; the U.S. and Chinese jurisdictions are kept separate and not combined.

Summary | Understand the path as a cycle of learning — job shadowing and practical work — safety and skills and qualifications — position and work authorization — responsibility: first complete skills training, then become familiar with observation and monitoring and installation and adjustment and handling and production safety systems under mentoring, and after obtaining qualifications and work authorization work independently and deepen in a direction; matters involving blasting work and equipment safety inspection and major rework are handled according to policy and the requirements of the competent authority.

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-5081 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and moderate-term on-the-job training, not short-term OJT; the O*NET new-hire figures of 97% high school / 2% post-secondary certificate / 2% associate total 101%, and the original values are reproduced as-is without forcing normalization or guessing the reason.

Used to check this occupation's tasks and work activities and work environment and help plan learning priorities.

Training or apprenticeship search entry points, and they do not prove universal requirement or participation rates.

Related certification search entry points, and they do not prove that all certifications are universally required or that they are Chinese qualifications.

Materials and tools basic training record; safety and equipment basic training.

Familiarity with material transport and unloading and machinery and safety points.

Material transport assistance records and mentoring evaluation; able to restate equipment and safety and reporting points.

Under mentoring, become familiar with materials and transport and unloading and machinery and safety, and do not independently handle blasting materials or operate key equipment.

Materials and preparation job shadowing position

Job authorization and safety and qualifications; materials and equipment experience.

Accumulate experience under different material and site conditions and practice material transport and organizing and preparation methods.

Material and usage and organizing records and review opinions.

Independently complete materials and transport and unloading and organizing and records according to procedures, and isolate and report according to policy when anomalies are found.

Materials and preparation position

Corresponding job authorization and specialty qualifications; complex site experience.

Learn complex site materials and transport and process coordination methods.

Complex site and material and anomaly handling records.

Take on complex site materials and transport and unloading and mentoring and process coordination.

Materials and preparation backbone position

Corresponding management appointment or enterprise authorization.

Improve materials and transport and traceability management mechanisms.

Overall conclusions; materials and transport and traceability documents.

Coordinate materials and transport and quality and safety and sign-off, and guide newcomers.

Materials and site supervisor position

Process and tool basic training record; safety training.

Familiarity with equipment and observation and monitoring and safety points.

Equipment assistance records and mentoring evaluation; able to restate observation and safety points.

Under mentoring, take on equipment inspection and observation and monitoring assistance and tool preparation, and do not independently operate key equipment.

Equipment and operation job shadowing position

Job authorization and safety and qualifications; equipment and operation experience.

Accumulate experience under different equipment and site conditions and practice installation and adjustment and monitoring methods.

Equipment and observation and monitoring records and review opinions.

Complete equipment installation and adjustment and observation and monitoring and records according to procedures, and report according to policy when anomalies are found.

Equipment and operation position

Corresponding job authorization and specialty qualifications; complex equipment experience.

Learn complex equipment installation and adjustment and preliminary fault diagnosis methods.

Complex equipment and anomaly handling records.

Take on complex equipment installation and adjustment and preliminary fault diagnosis and mentoring and process coordination.

Equipment and operation backbone position

Corresponding management appointment or enterprise authorization.

Improve crew and process and production management mechanisms.

Overall conclusions; crew and process and production documents.

Coordinate crew and process and production and safety and sign-off, and guide newcomers.

Crew and process supervisor position

Information and safety basic training record; safety and confidentiality training.

Familiarity with the key points of observation and usage and cleaning and site and safety records specifications.

Record organizing and checking and archiving assistance records and review opinions.

Under mentoring, take on organizing and archiving assistance for observation and usage and cleaning and site records, and do not independently determine compliance or make external disclosures.

Safety and cleaning assistance position

Job authorization and safety and qualifications; records and compliance experience.

Accumulate experience under different site and process conditions and practice recording and traceability and safety methods.

Observation and usage and cleaning and safety records and review opinions.

Record observation and usage and cleaning and anomalies truthfully according to policy and hand over, and manage record versions and retention.

Safety and cleaning position

Corresponding job authorization and specialty training; audit and rectification records.

Learn safety and quality and environmental protection and data quality and audit methods.

Audit and rectification and traceability and audit records.

Take on safety and quality and environmental protection and data quality and traceability and rectification implementation.

Safety and compliance audit position

Corresponding management appointment or enterprise authorization.

Improve safety and compliance and records and traceability management mechanisms.

Overall conclusions; safety and compliance and traceability documents.

Coordinate safety and records and compliance and training and sign-off, handle complex and disputed matters, and guide newcomers.

Safety and compliance supervisor position

U.S. precise 47-5081 May2025 median annual wage $47,730 and hourly wage $22.95. The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality. Precise occupational wages and employment in China have not been obtained; the NBS 2025 mining non-private/private annual average of 143,361/79,169 yuan is only category background.

United States

2025

The median is the midpoint of the distribution and is not equal to the starting wage; differences come from region and site and trade and skills and qualifications and duties; the values are this occupation's own scope and do not represent adjacent occupations.

OEWS includes production incentive bonuses and excludes benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses; this page presents them according to this occupation's scope as O*NET does not mark that page as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation; the values are taken from 2025 data, and later updates should be based on a query for the current period.

Wages (median and percentiles, this occupation's own scope)

SOC 47-5081.00 (OEWS 2025, as presented by O*NET)

Median hourly wage $22.95 and median annual wage $47,730; 10th percentile hourly wage 17.77 and annual wage 36,960, 25th percentile hourly wage 19.92 and annual wage 41,430, 75th percentile hourly wage 27.84 and annual wage 57,920, 90th percentile hourly wage 32.70 and annual wage 68,020

United States

2025—2035

This scope is a projection and is affected by mining and oil and gas and infrastructure investment and output and automation; openings consist mainly of replacement needs; the values are this occupation's own scope and are not equal to individual job outcomes.

This differs in scope from the BLS OEWS point-in-time employment estimate and the two are not mixed; a projection is not equal to actual hires, and openings are a period annual average scope that cannot be read as net new positions.

Employment size and growth and job openings (this occupation's own scope)

SOC 47-5081.00 (BLS employment projections, as presented by O*NET)

The precise BLS 47-5081 projection for 2025—2035 is about 7,100 → 7,200 people, growth 1.7%, average annual openings 700 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 5.5%; this is not real-time hiring, net growth, or AI causality.

Mainland China

2025

Mainland China has similar positions in mining and oil and gas and drilling and geological engineering and their work and specifications are defined by work safety and civil explosives and special operations and occupational health and environmental protection systems, but public statistics do not list a national wage distribution separately for this occupation, and it cannot be inferred from industry averages or recruitment offers.

The legal environment and management systems and statistical scope are different, and no combination or conversion is made; the China section of this page only registers the statistical scope and the visible gaps.

Occupational wages and employment (statistical scope and gaps)

National Bureau of Statistics average wages of urban unit employees (industry category scope) and bounded search

Insufficient evidence: public occupational statistics in mainland China have not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to O*NET 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers); the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category without distinguishing occupations, and this page does not fill in the gap with industry averages, recruitment offers, or U.S. data.

U.S. precise occupational May2025 wages

U.S. precise occupational 2025—2035 projection includes self-employment and replacements

China industry annual average, not an occupational wage

Used to check O*NET's presentation of this occupation's tasks and employment and industry (U.S. scope, with wages and employment under this occupation's own scope).

Drilling and sampling and wall protection abilities need to be supplemented

Drilling coordination experience

Relatively close, moving from on-site coordination to independent drilling requires supplementing boring and sampling skills (editorial judgment)

Well drilling and well control and tripping abilities need to be supplemented

Well drilling coordination experience

Moderate, moving from on-site coordination to derrick operation requires supplementing well control and tripping skills (editorial judgment)

Blasting design and charging and detonation abilities need to be supplemented

Blasting work experience

Moderate, moving from on-site coordination to blasting work requires supplementing blasting safety and work permit skills (editorial judgment)

Oil and gas site equipment and tubular goods operation abilities need to be supplemented

Oil and gas site experience

Relatively close, moving from extraction coordination to oil and gas site roustabout work requires supplementing site operation skills (editorial judgment)

General construction and demolition and handling abilities need to be supplemented

General construction experience

Relatively close, moving from extraction coordination to general construction requires supplementing earthwork and demolition skills (editorial judgment)

Continuous mining machine operation and monitoring abilities need to be supplemented

Mining machine operation experience

Moderate, moving from on-site coordination to continuous mining machine operation requires supplementing equipment operation and monitoring skills (editorial judgment)

Wellhead pump and oil and gas production operation abilities need to be supplemented

Oil and gas production experience

Moderate, moving from on-site coordination to wellhead pump operation requires supplementing oil and gas production skills (editorial judgment)

Oil and gas service unit and wellhead service abilities need to be supplemented

Oil and gas operations experience

Moderate, moving from on-site coordination to service units requires supplementing wellhead service skills (editorial judgment)

Source card | Research process: first check the official scope and tasks and work activities and work context and interest code and Job Zone and certification and training opportunities of U.S. O*NET/SOC 47-5081.00 (Helpers--Extraction Workers), then take the BLS OEWS 2025 wages and the employment and growth and openings of the BLS employment projections 2025—2035 (all as presented on the O*NET page, and that page does not mark them as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation, so they are presented according to this occupation's own scope), and register the scope and gaps for mainland China according to the National Bureau of Statistics and work safety and civil explosives and special operations and occupational health and environmental protection systems.

Source card | Source register: the source register on this page lists O*NET 47-5081.00's detailed information and industry distribution and occupational profile and detailed tasks and work activities and work context and software skills and certification directory and detailed interests, as well as BLS OEWS and BLS employment projections and ILO and NIST and related adjacent occupation entries; sources are registered separately by occupational identity and tasks and wages and employment and qualifications and human control purposes.

This round, checked on 2026-10-11: the precise 47-5081 14 tasks 9Core/5Supplemental, the original activities 94/94/93/89/87, work context, the 97/2/2 education and Zone1-2, 4 software categories / 5 hot recruitment skills, 1 apprenticeship example; May2025 quintiles, the BLS2025—2035 matrix, NBS2025, Emergency Order 19, and Articles 31—38 of the civil explosives regulations.

Precise occupational wages and employment for China and precise industry and regional wages in the United States, AI adoption measured effects and causality, and psychological assessment validity have not been obtained; there is no precise OOH dedicated page, and construction or oil and gas adjacent wages are not mixed in; protected surfaces and shared old facts are retained, and full-page synchronization is not claimed.