How do they match: Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Design mining and mineral treatment equipment and machinery in collaboration with other engineering specialists.
Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions.
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.
Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.
Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
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.
Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.

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