Job Check
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. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.Mostly human for now
- 02Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.Mostly human for now
- 03Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 04Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.Mostly human for now
- 05Organize materials to prepare for use.Mostly human for now
- 06Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 07Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.Mostly human for now
- 08Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.Mostly human for now
- 09Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 10Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 4% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 86% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.
- Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
- Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.