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Construction & Extraction · Updated Aug 2026

Helpers--Extraction Workers

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
45/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
34/100
Low

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence80/100
Task coverage82%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.High
65
Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.High
61
Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.Medium
65
Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.Medium
63
Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.Medium
60
Dismantle extracting and boring equipment used for excavation, using hand tools.Medium
60
Collect and examine geological matter, using hand tools and testing devices.Medium
47
Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.High
26
Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.High
20
Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.Medium
21
Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.Medium
16
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.65
  2. Signal workers to start geological material extraction or boring.65
  3. Set up and adjust equipment used to excavate geological materials.63
  4. Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.61
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Clean up work areas and remove debris after extraction activities are complete.01
  2. Drive moving equipment to transport materials and parts to excavation sites.02
  3. Repair and maintain automotive and drilling equipment, using hand tools.03
  4. Provide assistance to extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers and derrick operators.04
  5. Unload materials, devices, and machine parts, using hand tools.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency70
Physical dependency73
Adoption pressure35
Labour-market resilience77
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence80/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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