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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.4 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials S8.4.1 - operating mining, drilling and mineral processing machinery Operate dragline
Description
Use large dragline excavators to remove overburden above coal, lignite, and other minerals. Drag a bucket attached to a line over the surface to collect material and remove it.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Optional for
- Surface mine plant operatorSurface mine plant operators control heavy-duty equipment such as excavators and dump trucks, often involving a high level of spatial awareness, to excavate, load and tra…
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