Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in architecture and engineering, not always this occupation's tasks.

Direct evidence

Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.

• HWE-Benchby Peking UniversityTask level · Resolved rate

  79.9%GPT-5.6 Sol max (Codex CLI) · 31 Jul 2026

  Strong
• Parametric CAD Bench V3by gNucleus AITask level · Overall score

  61%Claude Opus 5.5 (max) with Claude Code 2.1.280 · 24 Sep 2026

  Strong

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

• OSWorld 2.0by HKU and Snorkel AIProject level · Binary completion rate (full set, 500 steps)

  44.3%Claude Opus 5 (max, batch tool) · 17 Sep 2026

  Emerging
• Terminal-Bench 4.0by Laude Institute and Stanford UniversityTask level · Resolution rate

  64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026

  Strong

Context only

These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.

• GDPvalby OpenAIProject level · Wins plus ties against experts

  84.9%GPT-5.5 · Apr 2026

  Strong
• GDPval-AAby Artificial AnalysisProject level · GDPval-AA Elo

  1866 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) · 10 Oct 2026

  Unrated
• Remote Labor Indexby CAIS and Scale AIProject level · Automation rate

  21.3%Opus 5.5 · 7 Oct 2026

  Emerging

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

• Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
• Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
• Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.
• Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
• Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
• Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
• Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.
• Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
• Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.
• Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.
• Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices.
• Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.