Manufacturing
Mineral processing operator
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +0.2% (BLS).
The job
Mineral and stone processing plant operators (ISCO 8112). Mineral and stone processing plant operators monitor and operate machinery and equipment for processing rocks, minerals and stone to recover refined products for immediate use or further processing.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
50 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- furnace charger
- granite driller
- gravel processing operator
- marble driller
- mineral and stone processing dryer operator
- mineral crushing machine operative
- mineral crushing machine operator
- mineral crushing operator
- mineral crushing plant operative
- mineral crushing plant operator
- mineral crushing process operative
- mineral crushing process operator
- mineral processing operator
- mineral processing operators
- mineral processing technican
- ore separator tender
- planer of stones
- pneumatic drill operator
- process operator
- process plant operator
- process technician
- radial drill operator
- salt processing operator
- sand processing operator
- sandstone driller
- slate cutter
- slate driller
- stone crushing machine operative
- stone crushing machine operator
- stone crushing operator
- stone crushing plant operative
- stone crushing plant operator
- stone crushing process operative
- stone crushing process operator
- stone driller
- stone drilling machine operative
- stone drilling machine operator
- stone drilling worker
- stone planer
- stone planing machine operative
- stone planing machine operator
- stone planing machine setter
- stone planing machine tender
- stone slab planer
- technician
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.