Underground Support Installer Overview

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Underground Support Installer Job Description:
  • Operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mine.

Required Skills and Competencies To Become an Underground Support Installer

Job Duties for Underground Support Installers

  • Drill bolt holes into roofs at specified distances from ribs or adjacent bolts.

  • Position bolting machines, and insert drill bits into chucks.

  • Pull down loose rock that cannot be supported.

Technologies and Skills Used by Underground Support Installers

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Caterpillar Cat MineStar System

Industrial control software

  • Caterpillar Command

Basic Skills

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

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