Index
Intro
Labourers in this unit group perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to mineral ore and metal processing. They are employed in mineral ore and metal processing plants such as copper, lead and zinc refineries, uranium processing plants, steel mills, aluminum plants, precious metal refineries, cement processing plants, clay, glass and stone processing plants and foundries.
Progression to machine and process operator positions is possible with experience.
Main Duties
Labourers in mineral and metal processing perform some or all of the following duties:
- Transport raw materials, finished products, scrap and recyclable materials throughout plant manually or using forklift or other powered equipment
- Feed conveyors, crushers and other equipment; open valves and start pumps; skim dross from furnaces; sort, stack, bundle and stamp materials; and perform other activities to assist process and machine operators in mineral ore and metal processing
- Clean work areas and equipment
- May assist with minor repairs and maintenance.
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school may be required for some positions in this group.
All Titles
- abrasive reclaimer – mineral products processing
- acid conditioning worker – primary metal processing
- alloy mixer – primary metal processing
- alloy processor – primary metal processing
- alumina clarifier helper
- alumina recovery helper
- aluminum sheet separator
- annealer helper – primary metal processing
- asbestos mould stripper
- asbestos moulder
- asbestos shingle floor hand
- asbestos worker
- asbestos worker – mineral processing
- asbestosboard sander
- asbestosboard shearer
- atomizer operator – primary metal and mineral products processing
- attendant, filtering – primary metal and mineral products processing
- automatic scrap washer operator
- baghouse attendant – mineral processing
- balcony labourer – glass manufacturing
- balcony worker – glass manufacturing
- baler, scrap metal – primary metal processing
- ball mill helper – mineral products processing
- ball mill labourer – mineral products processing
- ball mill worker – mineral products processing
- billet helper – primary metal processing
- billet mill helper – primary metal processing
- billet pusher
- billet rolling mill helper – primary metal processing
- bisque placer – mineral products manufacturing
- blast furnace helper
- brick and tile batch mixer
- brick and tile kiln cleaner
- buggy operator – primary metal processing
- busher – primary metal processing
- cadmium leach helper
- carnallite flux maker
- cartridge flux maker
- casting helper
- casting house labourer
- casting machine helper
- casting wheel operator helper
- castings cleaner – primary metal and mineral products processing
- castings trimmer
- cathode loader
- chalk extruder
- chalk moulder – mineral products processing
- charge weigher – primary metal processing
- charger helper – primary metal processing
- charger, cupola – primary metal and mineral processing
- charger, furnace – primary metal processing
- cladding assembler – primary metal processing
- classifier helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- clay press worker
- clay products finisher
- cleaner, brick and tile kilns
- cleaner, castings – primary metal and mineral products processing
- cleaner, soaking pit bottom – primary metal processing
- coil bander – primary metal processing
- coke loader – primary metal processing
- coke oven heater helper
- cold mill feeder – primary metal processing
- cold roll catcher – primary metal processing
- cold rolling mill feeder – primary metal processing
- conveyor labourer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- conveyor operator – primary metal and mineral products processing
- copper dust-collector worker
- core room labourer – foundry
- core shop labourer – foundry
- Cottrell precipitator helper – primary metal processing
- crushing operations helper – mineral products processing
- cupola charger – primary metal and mineral processing
- cupola furnace helper
- cupola tapper
- depiler helper – primary metal processing
- drawer helper – primary metal processing
- dross skimmer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- dryer worker – primary metal processing
- dust remover – primary metal processing
- dust-collector labourer – primary metal processing
- electrolytic refiner helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- extruder helper – primary metal processing
- extruder tender – mineral products processing
- extrusion helper – primary metal processing
- feeder, cold mill – primary metal processing
- feeder, cold rolling mill – primary metal processing
- feeder, furnace – primary metal and mineral products processing
- fettler – clay products manufacturing
- fibreglass oven helper
- filter leaves cleaner – primary metal and mineral products processing
- filtering attendant – primary metal and mineral products processing
- finisher, clay products
- flotation cell helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- flue dust labourer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- fluorspar flux maker – primary metal processing
- foil roller helper – primary metal processing
- foil separator – primary metal processing
- foundry helper – primary metal processing
- foundry labourer
- foundry worker – primary metal processing
- furnace charger – primary metal processing
- furnace cleaner – primary metal and mineral products processing
- furnace feeder – primary metal and mineral products processing
- furnace helper
- furnace loader – primary metal and mineral products processing
- furnace skimmer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- furnace tapper – primary metal processing
- glass packer
- glass-forming machine operator helper
- gravel screener
- heater helper – primary metal processing
- helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- helper, alumina clarifier
- helper, alumina recovery
- helper, annealer – primary metal processing
- helper, ball mill – mineral products processing
- helper, billet mill – primary metal processing
- helper, billet rolling mill – primary metal processing
- helper, billets – primary metal processing
- helper, blast furnace
- helper, casting
- helper, casting machine
- helper, casting wheel operator
- helper, charger – primary metal processing
- helper, classifier – primary metal and metal products processing
- helper, coke oven heater
- helper, Cottrell precipitator – primary metal processing
- helper, crushing operations – mineral products processing
- helper, cupola furnace
- helper, drawer – primary metal processing
- helper, extruder – primary metal processing
- helper, extrusion – primary metal processing
- helper, fibreglass oven charger
- helper, flotation cell – primary metal and mineral products processing
- helper, foundry – primary metal processing
- helper, glass-forming machine operator
- helper, jigger operator – mineral products processing
- helper, kiln operator – mineral products manufacturing
- helper, lime kiln – mineral products processing
- helper, lime kiln operator – mineral products processing
- helper, melter – primary metal and mineral products processing
- helper, metal pourer – primary metal processing
- helper, metal reclaimer – primary metal processing
- helper, metal salvager – primary metal processing
- helper, molten metal mixer – primary metal processing
- helper, precipitator – primary metal processing
- helper, production – primary metal and mineral products processing
- helper, reagent – primary metal processing
- helper, refiner
- helper, refinery – primary metal and mineral products processing
- helper, rolling mill – primary metal processing
- helper, slime recovery plant – primary metal processing
- helper, smelter
- helper, stretcher-leveller – primary metal processing
- helper, tankhouse – primary metal processing
- helper, welding-rod-extruder operator – primary metal processing
- helper, wire drawer
- helper, wire drawing
- hot bed leverman/woman – primary metal processinghot bed leverman – primary metal processing, hot bed leverwoman – primary metal processing
- hydrate scale reclaimer – primary metal processing
- industrial furnace cleaner – primary metal and mineral products processing
- ingot cladder
- insulation packer – mineral products manufacturing
- jigger operator helper – mineral products processing
- kiln cleaner – primary metal and mineral products processing
- kiln door builder – mineral products processing
- kiln labourer
- kiln labourer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- kiln operator helper – mineral products manufacturing
- labourer – metallurgy
- labourer – mineral and metal processing
- labourer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- labourer, ball mill – mineral products processing
- labourer, core room – foundry
- labourer, core shop – foundry
- labourer, flue dust – primary metal and mineral products processing
- labourer, foundry
- labourer, kiln – primary metal and mineral products processing
- labourer, mill – mineral products processing
- labourer, ore processing
- labourer, primary metal processing
- labourer, refinery
- labourer, rolling mill – primary metal processing
- labourer, salt screening
- labourer, smelter
- labourer, steel plant
- labourer, tailings disposal – primary metal processing
- lead burner helper, zinc electrolysis
- lead reclaimer – primary metal processing
- leverman/woman, depiler table – primary metal processingleverman, depiler table – primary metal processing, leverwoman, depiler table – primary metal processing
- lime kiln helper – mineral products processing
- lime kiln operator helper – mineral products processing
- lime slaker
- loader, coke – primary metal processing
- loader, furnace – primary metal and mineral products processing
- loader, scrap metal
- machine helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- marker – primary metal processing
- melt shop helper
- melt shop labourer
- melter helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- metal impregnator – primary metal processing
- metal pourer helper
- metal pourer helper – primary metal processing
- metal powder lubricator finisher
- metal tube marker – primary metal processing
- mill helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- mill labourer – mineral products processing
- mixer helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- molten metal mixer helper – primary metal processing
- mould stripper – concrete products manufacturing
- mould stripper, asbestos
- moulder helper – primary metal processing
- moulder, asbestos
- operator helper, casting wheel
- operator helper, welding rod extruder – primary metal processing
- operator, buggy – primary metal processing
- ore crushing helper
- ore processing labourer
- packer, glass
- pipe maintenance worker, ore processing
- plasterboard cutter – mineral products processing
- plasterboard machine feeder – mineral products manufacturing
- plugger – primary metal processing
- porcelain glazer – mineral products manufacturing
- potlining mixer helper – primary metal processing
- pourer helper, metal – primary metal processing
- powdered metal mixer – primary metal processing
- powdered metal salvager – primary metal processing
- precipitator helper – primary metal processing
- primary metal processing labourer
- production helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- reagent tender helper – primary metal processing
- refiner helper
- refinery helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- refinery labourer
- rod drawer helper – primary metal processing
- rod puller and coiler – primary metal processing
- rolling mill catcher – primary metal processing
- rolling mill helper – primary metal processing
- rolling mill labourer – primary metal processing
- rolling mill worker
- rolling mill worker – primary metal processing
- saggar placer – clay products manufacturing
- salt screening labourer
- salvager, powdered metal – primary metal processing
- scaler – primary metal processing
- scalping helper – primary metal processing
- scrap machine helper – primary metal processing
- scrap metal baler – primary metal processing
- scrap metal loader
- scrap metal processor – primary metal processing
- scrap metal sorter and baler – primary metal processing
- scrap shredder helper
- scrap yard worker – primary metal processing
- screening equipment helper – primary metal and mineral products processing
- scrubber tender – mineral products processing
- selenium recovery helper – primary metal processing
- sheet roller helper – primary metal processing
- shot bagger – explosives manufacturing
- sintering machine loader – primary metal processing
- skimmer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- slime recovery plant helper – primary metal processing
- slip sealer – mineral products processing
- sludge worker – primary metal processing
- smelter helper
- smelter labourer
- soaking pit bottom cleaner – primary metal processing
- sorter and baler, scrap metal – primary metal processing
- stamper – primary metal processing
- standpipe attendant, coke oven
- steel plant labourer
- stone bed setter – mineral products processing
- stonework filler – mineral products processing
- stripper, moulds – concrete products manufacturing
- tailings disposal labourer – primary metal processing
- tailings labourer
- tankhouse helper – primary metal processing
- tapper – glass manufacturing
- tapper – primary metal processing
- tapper, cupola
- tapper, furnace – primary metal processing
- tapper, glass – mineral products processing
- tar chaser, coke oven
- tender, extruder – mineral products processing
- trimmer, castings
- tube drawer helper – primary metal processing
- tube roller helper – primary metal processing
- utility labourer – primary metal and mineral products processing
- utility machine worker – primary metal and mineral products processing
- ware cleaner – clay products manufacturing
- welding-rod-extruder operator helper – primary metal processing
- wire drawer helper
- wire drawing helper
- zinc cathode puller
- zinc drosser
- zinc dust maker
- zinc electrolysis lead burner helper
Exclusions
- Labourers in metal fabrication (9612)
- Machine operators and related workers in mineral and metal products processing and manufacturing (941)
- Supervisors, mineral and metal processing (9211)