Career Details :: Shuttle Car Operators
Description
Operate diesel or electric-powered shuttle car in underground mine to transport materials from working face to mine cars or conveyor.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
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.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Controls conveyor that runs entire length of shuttle car to apportion load as loading progresses.
- Drives loaded shuttle car to ramp and moves controls to discharge load into mine car or onto conveyor.
- Maneuvers shuttle car to keep its nose under discharge conveyor.
- Positions shuttle car under discharge conveyor of loading machine and observes that materials are loaded according to specifications.
- Moves mine cars into position to be loaded from shuttle car.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Operating Vehicles or Equipment
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Outdoors
- Consequence of Error
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Hazardous Equipment
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