Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• I - Occupations Unique to Primary Industry
• I2 - Primary Production Labourers
• I21 - Primary Production Labourers

I214 - Mine Labourers

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with carrying out a variety of general labouring duties to assist in the extraction of coal, minerals and ore, in the operation of underground conveyances and in the performance of other services in support of underground mining.

• Example Titles

  • Mine helper, underground mining
  • Mine labourer, underground mining
  • Shoveller, underground mine

• Exclusion

  • Labourers in open-pit or surface mines or quarries (See H821 Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers)
  • Raise miner helpers (See I141 Underground Mine Service and Support Workers)