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Also called blaster helper, blasting helper, boring machine operator helper and bottom hole pressure recording operator helper.
$47,730
Median pay a year
6,700
People do this work
6
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Cleaning work sites
Maintaining drilling equipment
Monitoring extraction operations
Selecting construction materials
Loading or unloading materials
Loading materials into construction equipment
Digging holes or trenches
Assisting construction personnel
Collecting geological samples
Preparing excavation sites
Dismantling equipment
Operating mining equipment
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Extraction Worker Helper
Summary
Extraction Worker Helpers support earth drillers, blasters, and derrick operators by transporting materials, cleaning work areas, and assisting with equipment setup and operation during the extraction process
Experience
Extraction Worker Helper
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Observed and monitored equipment operation during the extraction process to detect problems
Drove moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites
Unloaded materials, devices, and machine parts using hand tools
Set up and adjusted equipment used to excavate geological materials
Organized materials to prepare for use at excavation sites
Cleaned up work areas and removed debris after extraction activities were complete
Provided assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators
Skills
Hands-On Work
Cleaning work sites, Loading or unloading materials, Loading materials into construction equipment, Digging holes or trenches, Assisting construction personnel, Collecting geological samples, Preparing excavation sites
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Watched equipment during extractionDrove equipment to move materialsUnloaded materials with hand toolsSet up and adjusted excavation equipmentOrganized materials for useCleaned work areas after extraction
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Monitored equipment operation during extraction to ensure safe and efficient processes
Unloaded materials using hand tools, supporting the workflow of extraction activities
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Show what improved once the equipment was monitored
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Monitored equipment operation during extraction, leading to fewer delays in the process
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Fewer delays during extractionReduced equipment malfunctionsSafer working conditions for the team
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Add how often you unloaded materials each shift
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Unloaded materials using hand tools, supporting the workflow of extraction activities
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Several times each shiftA few loads every dayMost of the materials for the team
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The work itself
What an Extraction Worker Helper does
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Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.
What it pays
How much does an Extraction Worker Helper make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$41,430
Median
$47,730
75th percentile
$57,920
About 6,700 people do this work in the United States.
What you can already claim as an Extraction Worker Helper
Below are the tasks an Extraction Worker Helper job is made of. Choose the ones you have really done. There is no wrong answer here, and you can change any of it later.
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You can already claim 4 of the 9 tasks this job is made of.
What you have not done yet. Loading or unloading materials, Loading materials into construction equipment, Digging holes or trenches
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Extraction Worker Helper
Cleaning work sites
Maintaining drilling equipment
Monitoring extraction operations
Selecting construction materials
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This page is about the occupation Helpers--Extraction Workers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.