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Roof Bolters, Mining
Operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mine.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Drill bolt holes into roofs at specified distances from ribs or adjacent bolts.Mostly human for now
- 02Pull down loose rock that cannot be supported.Mostly human for now
- 03Position bolting machines, and insert drill bits into chucks.Mostly human for now
- 04Perform safety checks on equipment before operating.Mostly human for now
- 05Perform tests to determine if methane gas is present.Mostly human for now
- 06Force bolts into holes, using hydraulic mechanisms of self-propelled bolting machines.Mostly human for now
- 07Perform ventilation tasks, such as hanging ventilation curtains and tubes.Mostly human for now
- 08Dust rocks after bolting.Mostly human for now
- 09Install various types of bolts, including truss, glue, and resin bolts, traversing entire ceiling spans.Mostly human for now
- 10Drill test holes and test bolts for specified tension, using torque wrenches.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 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 84% 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.
- Drill bolt holes into roofs at specified distances from ribs or adjacent bolts.
- Pull down loose rock that cannot be supported.
- Position bolting machines, and insert drill bits into chucks.