Duties and tasks

• Establishing methods to meet work schedules and recommending measures to mining managers to improve productivity
• Determining staffing and material needs for the mine or quarry
• Providing reports and other information to mining managers about all aspects of mining or quarrying operations
• Supervising and coordinating the activities of workers who extract minerals and other natural deposits from the earth, and who operate underground conveyances or heavy equipment in surface mines and quarries
• Working with managerial and technical personnel, other departments and contractors to resolve operational problems and coordinate activities