Will AI replace Helpers--Extraction Workers?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
8/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 15% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 15% of the work
What the job involves
Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(2)
- Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
- Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.
Out of reach(12)
- Organize materials to prepare for use.
- Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.
- Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.
- Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.
- Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.
and 7 more
Also called
Driller Helper · Miner Helper · Blaster Helper · Blasting Helper · Rotary Driller Helper · Shale Planer Operator Helper · Continuous Miner Operator Helper · Longwall Machine Operator Helper
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics