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Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
Operate underground loading or moving machine to load or move coal, ore, or rock using shuttle or mine car or conveyors. Equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Handle high voltage sources and hang electrical cables.Mostly human for now
- 02Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.Mostly human for now
- 03Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.Mostly human for now
- 04Move trailing electrical cables clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves.Mostly human for now
- 05Control conveyors that run the entire length of shuttle cars to distribute loads as loading progresses.Mostly human for now
- 06Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines.Mostly human for now
- 07Examine roadway and clear obstructions from the path of travel.Mostly human for now
- 08Drive machines into piles of material blasted from working faces.Mostly human for now
- 09Operate levers to move conveyor booms or shovels so that mine contents such as coal, rock, and ore can be placed into cars or onto conveyors.Mostly human for now
- 10Clean, fuel, service, and perform safety checks on all equipment, and repair and replace parts as necessary.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
2%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 10% 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 89% 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.
- Handle high voltage sources and hang electrical cables.
- Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.
- Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.