Mining Spotter Controller

OFO Code: 831104

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

Official description
Mining and quarrying labourers perform routine tasks in mining and quarrying operations.

More official OFO detail

Assembling and dismantling mining equipment
Sorting, loading, unloading, stacking and storing tools, materials and supplies used by other mine workers
Cleaning machinery, equipment, tools, roadways and haulage tracks
Assisting miners and quarriers in maintaining machinery, equipment, and mine and quarry installations
Removing waste and serviceable materials and equipment from work areas after extraction activities have been completed, and clearing rock and mineral spills
Removing dangerous projections from mine and quarry workings
Removing tunnel supports from disused workings in mines and quarries

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