Job description Mine Labourer near Truro (NS)

Find out what work is like for a mine labourer in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Mine labourers (NOC 85110).

Mine labourers

Description

Mine labourers carry out a variety of general labouring duties to assist in the extraction of coal, minerals and ore, and in other services in support of underground mining. They are employed by coal, metal and non-metallic mineral mines.

Work week duration

Mine labourers usually work more than 40 hours per week.
More than 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Mine labourers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Assist other mine workers in maintaining or constructing underground installations
  • Clean underground rooms, roadways, working areas and mining equipment and conveyances using hand tools
  • Load, move, sort and pile materials and supplies
  • Clear spills of ore or coal using hand and power tools
  • May cut core and prepare core sample boxes in support of mine exploration
  • Assist other workers in prospecting for mineral deposits and perform various tasks related to general geophysical surveys.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Handling material manually
  • Standing
  • Bending or twisting the body
  • Making repetitive motions
  • Walking and running

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Mine labourers are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Coal, metal and non-metallic mineral mines

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Dangerous chemical substances
  • Extreme temperatures
  • Hazardous conditions
  • Outside, under cover
  • Hazardous equipment, machinery, tools
  • Sound and noise
  • Skin injury
  • Standard safety equipment
  • Vibration
  • Indoors, not environmentally controlled

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Close (at arm’s length)

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 85110), and a list of similar occupations:

  • chute puller
  • mine helper
  • mine labourer
  • miner helper - underground mining
  • pit scaler - underground mining
  • shoveller - underground mining
  • underground labourer - mining

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Date modified: