85110 Mine labourers

What this occupation covers

Mine labourers carry out a variety of general labouring duties to assist in the extraction of coal, minerals and ore, and in other services in support of underground mining. They are employed by coal, metal and non-metallic mineral mines.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Assist other mine workers in maintaining or constructing underground installations
• Clean underground rooms, roadways, working areas and mining equipment and conveyances using hand tools
• Load, move, sort and pile materials and supplies
• Clear spills of ore or coal using hand and power tools
• May cut core and prepare core sample boxes in support of mine exploration
• Assist other workers in prospecting for mineral deposits and perform various tasks related to general geophysical surveys.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 6 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 84100 Underground mine service and support workers
• 83100 Underground production and development miners

Excluded from this code

• Underground mine service and support workers (See 84100 Underground mine service and support workers)
• Underground production and development miners (See 83100 Underground production and development miners)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

chute puller · coal sampler · core cutter · core splitter · grizzly worker - underground mining · labourer - mining exploration · limestone spreader - underground mining · mine check weigher · mine helper · mine helper - underground mining · mine labourer · miner helper - underground mining · pipeworker helper - underground mining · pit scaler - underground mining · pit-scaler helper · powder carrier - underground mining · rock duster - underground mining · shoveller - underground mining · slate picker · stone duster - underground mining · timber and steel prop salvager · timber and steel prop setter helper · timbering and steel prop setting helper · timberman/woman helper - underground mining

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• A short period of introductory training is provided.
• In Ontario, mine labourers are registered in the basic common core program.