Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Does not pass

• Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 10.1% of the role's time · $69.0M · waiting on a check

• Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.

  physical work, outside the screen · 9.8% of the role's time · $67.2M

• Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 8.2% of the role's time · $56.3M

• Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.5% of the role's time · $51.3M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.9% of the role's time · $47.3M

• Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 6.7% of the role's time · $45.6M

• Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 6.1% of the role's time · $41.8M

• Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 6.0% of the role's time · $41.2M

• Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.9% of the role's time · $40.6M

• Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.8% of the role's time · $39.4M

• Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.6% of the role's time · $38.6M

• Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.6% of the role's time · $38.2M

• Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.3% of the role's time · $29.4M

• Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.4% of the role's time · $23.2M

• Conduct or direct mining experiments to test or prove research findings.

  physical work, outside the screen · 2.8% of the role's time · $18.9M

• Evaluate data to develop new mining products, equipment, or processes.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 2.4% of the role's time · $16.2M

• Select or devise materials-handling methods and equipment to transport ore, waste materials, and mineral products efficiently and economically.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 2.2% of the role's time · $14.8M

• Design mining and mineral treatment equipment and machinery in collaboration with other engineering specialists.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 0.7% of the role's time · $4.7M