Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 47-5043.00
Roof Bolters, Mining
Operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mine.
- US jobs
- 2,160
- Median wage
- $78,540 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of roof bolters, mining?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 35%Build structuresNot measured
- 15%Operate construction or excavation equipmentNot measured
- 11%Set up equipmentNot measured
- 10%Position tools or equipmentNot measured
- 8%Drill holes in earth or materialsNot measured
- 8%Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipmentNot measured
- 7%Test sites or materials for environmental hazardsNot measured
- 7%Inspect completed work or finished productsNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark 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.
- Perform safety checks on equipment before operating.
- Perform tests to determine if methane gas is present.
- Force bolts into holes, using hydraulic mechanisms of self-propelled bolting machines.
- Perform ventilation tasks, such as hanging ventilation curtains and tubes.
- Dust rocks after bolting.
- Install various types of bolts, including truss, glue, and resin bolts, traversing entire ceiling spans.
- Drill test holes and test bolts for specified tension, using torque wrenches.
- Position safety jacks to support underground mine roofs until bolts can be installed.
- Rotate chucks to turn bolts and open expansion heads against rock formations.
Other job titles for this occupation (14)
Bolt Machine Operator · Bolt Man · Bolter · Miner · Place Change Roof Bolter · Roof Bolter · Roof Bolter Operator · Underground Miner · Underground Roof Bolter · Bolting Inspector · Bolting Machine Operator · Roof Bolting Coal Miner · Truss Assembler · Underground Bolting Machine Operator