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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 raw mineral size reduction equipment
Description
Operate equipment used to reduce the size of raw minerals to prepare it for further processing. Work with gyrotary and jaw crushers, and roll, ball and autogenous mills.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Asphalt plant operatorAsphalt plant operators extract raw materials such as sand and stones and operate mobile equipment for their transport to the plant. They tend automated machines to crush and sort……
- Mineral processing operatorMineral processing operators operate a variety of plants and equipment to convert raw materials into marketable products. They provide the appropriate information on the process to…
Optional for
- Mineral crushing operatorMineral crushing operators operate and monitor crushers and other machines to crush materials and minerals. They move stones to the crushers, fill the machines with minerals, monit…
Related skills
- Troubleshoot
- Weigh materials
- Supply machine
- Work ergonomically
- Report defective manufacturing materials
- Collect samples
- Keep records of work progress
- Operate raw mineral separation equipment
- Mechanics
- Record test data
- Segregate raw materials
- Conduct inter-shift communication
Last updated on February 19, 2026
