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Job Definition
Operate diesel or electric-powered shuttle car in underground mine to transport materials from working face to mine cars or conveyor.
Job Zone

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

Interests
Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Investigative - Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Knowledge
Skills
Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Tasks
Read written instructions or confer with supervisors about schedules and materials to be moved.
Measure, weigh, or verify levels of rock, gravel, or other excavated material in order to prevent equipment overloads.
Monitor loading processes in order to ensure that materials are loaded according to specifications.
Push or ride cars down slopes, or hook cars to cables and control cable drum brakes, in order to ease cars down inclines.
Direct other workers to move stakes, place blocks, position anchors or cables, or move materials.
Move mine cars into position for loading and unloading, using pinchbars inserted under car wheels to position cars under loading spouts.
Open and close bottom doors of cars in order to dump contents.
Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines.
Guide and stop cars by switching, applying brakes, or placing scotches (wooden wedges) between wheels and rails.
Maintain records of materials moved.
Clean, fuel, and service equipment, and repair and replace parts as necessary.
Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps, and move controls in order to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.
Control conveyors that run the entire length of shuttle cars in order to distribute loads as loading progresses.
Wages

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Outlook

During 2004, there were approximately 220 people employed in this field in California. It is projected that there will be 120 employed in 2014. This occupation will have about -10 openings due to growth and about 5 replacement openings for approximately -5 total annual openings. This occupation experienced significant decline.

Colleges and Training
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