Engineering technicians
Mining and metallurgy technician
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.1% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Mining and metallurgical technicians (ISCO 3117). Mining and metallurgical technicians perform technical tasks to assist in research and experiments related to metallurgy, in improving methods of extracting solid minerals, oil and gas, and in the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of mines and mine installations, of systems for transporting and storing oil and natural gas, and for extraction of metals from ores.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
56 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- assistant mine surveyor
- assistant surveyor
- desalination equipment operator
- desalination plant technician
- desalination technician
- desalination technicians
- development metallurgist
- extraction technician
- formation evaluation engineer
- geo-technician
- geological expert
- geological operator
- geologist
- geotechnician
- health and safety manager
- health and safety officer
- laboratory metallurgist
- logging engineer
- logging geologist
- metallurgical quality technician
- metallurgical research technician
- metallurgical technician
- metallurgical test technician
- metallurgist
- metallurgy quality technician
- metallurgy research technician
- metallurgy technician
- metallurgy test technician
- mine cartographer
- mine geological technician
- mine geotechnician
- mine inspector
- mine investigator
- mine safety expert
- mine safety inspector
- mine safety manager
- mine safety officer
- mine survey linesman
- mine survey lineswoman
- mine surveying technician
- mine surveyors assistant
- mine technician
- minerals technician
- mines inspector
- mining inspector
- mining technician
- operator of desalination plant
- quality technician, metals
- safety manager
- safety officer
- surface logger
- surface logging specialist
- surface logging technician
- surveyors assistant
- water treatment plant technician
- water treatment plants 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.