Prospector - Salary, Career

How much does an Prospector earn

A Prospector earns between $1.365 and $4.480 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.079 and a median salary of $1.728 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 188 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Prospector
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.079	24.950	520	10
1º Quartile	1.365	16.376	341	6
Median Salary	1.728	20.734	432	8
3º Quartile	3.416	40.997	854	16
Higher Salary	4.480	53.757	1.120	21

Professional job categories

Middle level technicians
- middle-level technicians in the physical, chemical, engineering sciences
- - technicians in mineralogy and geology
- - - mining technicians

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Mining Technicians they operate in extractive industries of mineral coal, oil, natural gas, metallic minerals and other minerals, as well as in water collection, purification and distribution industries. They can work indoors, outdoors or in vehicles at irregular hours or by rotating shifts. They are subject to confined or underground work. Often, they work in uncomfortable positions, for long periods, exposed to radiation, high or low temperatures, intense noise and toxic material. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, who are organized into cooperation teams, under the occasional supervision of engineers.

What does it take to work in the field of Mining Technicians

The exercise of the profession of Mining Technicians requires a mid-level technical course in mining in related areas. It is also desirable to take a specialization course of up to two hundred class hours. The full performance of the activities inherent to the occupations takes between one and two years of experience. The professionals of these occupations are able to execute, supervise and guide activities of prospection of deposits, drilling and blasting in mines and treatment of ores, as well as controlling the mining schedule via computer.

Functions and activities of Prospector

Mining Technicians must:

pulling and exploring deposits;

inspect compliance with safety, health and environment regulations;

processing mineral survey, prospecting and mining data;

processing mineral research data, prospecting and mining;

pulling and exploiting deposits;

prospecting and researching minerals;

plan mining activities;

process mineral survey, prospecting and mining data;

prospect and research minerals;

pulling and exploring reservoirs;

supervise ore beneficiation;

monitor compliance with safety, health and environmental regulations;

processing data from mineral research, prospecting and mining;

supervise ore processing;

inspect compliance with safety, health and environment norms;

mulling and exploring deposits;

mulling and exploring reservoir;

inspect compliance with safety, health and environmental regulations;

processing mineral research, prospecting and mining data;

pulling and exploring reservoir;

monitor compliance with safety, health and environment norms;

move final ore production;

collect mineral samples;

demonstrate personal skills;

supervise compliance with safety, health and environmental standards;

supervise compliance with safety, health and environmental regulations;

supervise ore beneficiation;

monitor compliance with safety, health and environment regulations;

supervise compliance with safety, health and environment regulations;

purve and explore deposits;

Activities

participate in mining sequence planning and mine depletion;

define control variables and process of beneficiation operations;

inspect emission of pollutants;

handling explosives;

notify surface use of land for prospecting and research;

participate in drawing up drainage plans;

develop fire plan to fulfill mining program;

determining porosity and permeability in core plugs;

identify samples;

request ore transport;

edit electrical, acoustic, radioactive and geological profiles;

determine rock blasting times;

supervise compliance with periodic health exams of the team of work;

give lectures;

create block model based on geological model;

demonstrate leadership ability;

calculate production of wells, galleries, trenches and boreholes;

lease artesian wells and drilling holes;

supervise drilling and profiling;

demonstrate flexibility;

participate in the preparation of environmental projects;

monitor water table level;

inspect yards to avoid contamination;

coordinate sample collection;

making thin blades;

monitor tests of biodegradable products;

supervise dewatering separation process;

inspect maintenance of seedling beds;

participate in the choice and implementation of mining and beneficiation applications;

discuss production conditions with other sectors;

collect soil, rock, hydrocarbon and water samples;

control standard deviation of weight in wagons;

calculate mill yield;

demonstrate creativity;

control equipment cycles and mineral product loading times;

plan movement of mine equipment;

monitor ore content;

control net average weight of loading compositions;

survey geological and radioactive profiles;

plan alternative ore grade dosage (blending);

quarte and homogenize samples;

inspect construction of dikes;

participate in the preparation of operating cost plan;

demonstrate spirit of cooperation;

demonstrate negotiation skills;

participate in the development of equipment and facilities maintenance programs;

participate in ore production schedule and company strategic plan;

photodocumenting rocks;

cementing oil wells;

train work team;

select team, equipment and work processes;

supervise tailings and concentrate sampling process;

check ore demand from other departments of the company;

monitor sediment level of contention basin;

analyze final product quality;

monitor sedimentation level of containment basin;

supervise ore filtration separation process;

develop fire plan to comply with mining program;

monitor contention basin sediment level;

supervise water pumping process;

collect samples from mining fronts;

participate in the preparation of exploration and mining permit requirements;

participate in mining sequence planning and mine depletion;

isolate areas for rock blasting;

making maps and geological sections for prospecting, research and mining ;

supervise the tailings and concentrate sampling process;

recovering equipment stuck in well drilling and drilling holes;

package samples for testing and analysis;

monitor drilling, rock blasting and performance of explosives and accessories;

participate in the preparation of equipment and facilities maintenance programs;

monitoring oil well drilling;

interpreting aerial photographs;

carrying out topographic survey of access roads and research and prospecting works;

advise in the selection of areas and methods of prospecting and research;

represent departments in environmental inspection and audits;

assist in estimating the useful life of mines and reservoirs of oil;

demonstrate organizational skills;

demonstrate responsibility;

describe physicochemical and lithological characteristics of samples;

cubar mineable reserve and mineralized body;

participate in the elab. and pipelines;

monitor lanes and movement of equipment in mine;

supervise magnetic ore separation process;

making a topographic survey of access roads and research and prospecting works;

generate a database of electrical, acoustic, radioactive profiles and geological;

supervise comminution separation process;

coordinating the opening of access roads to research and mining areas;

define mining advances;

supervise compliance with periodic health examinations of the team of work;

controlling the production of ore, waste and hydrocarbons;

record occurrences of work accidents;

measure direction and dip of outcropping rocks;

dose (blend) mineral product according to specifications;

sieve micro fossils;

collect samples of stocked and shipped products;

supervise reagent plant process;

calculate production of wells, galleries, trenches and drillings;

collect stream sediment samples;

supervise beneficiation plant feeding;

train workforce;

inspect tailings systems;

directing oil wells according to direction and inclination coordinates;

control loading and unloading of ore from rail, road, sea and pipeline ;

coordinate the execution of deposit drainage;

perform a topographic survey of the mining area and overburden deposition;

supervise gravimetric separation process;

develop technical standards, procedures and operational work instructions;

analyzing data;

assist in the interpretation of mineralized body;

trade equipment and mineral product;

control the production of ore, waste and hydrocarbons;

quarte and homogenize samples;

perform geological mapping;

mark meshes for drilling;

demonstrate written expression skills;

provide construction of windrows on access roads;

prove physical endurance;

supervise the use of protective equipment by the job;

inspect the level of silting in rivers;

control costs and materials;

supervise sorting process by ore classification;

demonstrate assessment ability;

identify areas and risk factors for mines and oil wells;

collect samples from research wells, trenches and galleries;

inspect the use of protective equipment by the job;

plan alternatives for dosing ore grades (blending);

collect drillhole samples;

Sectors that hire Prospector the most in the job market

geological studies activities
foundations works
portals, content providers and other information services on the internet
ice cream wholesale
precious metal ore extraction
maintenance and repair of tanks, metallic reservoirs and boilers
engineering services
building construction
temporary labor lease
manufacture of ice cream and other edible ice cream

Prospector - Career description, activities, functions and salary