Laborer Mine Salary in Portugal

Works in underground or surface mine, pit, or quarry, or at tipple, mill, or preparation plant, performing any combination of following tasks: cleans working areas and haulage tracks; digs and maintains drainage ditches; or shovels muck, ore, coal, or rock aside, into cars, or onto conveyors. Pushes loaded mine cars from working face to haulage road and couples cars together for transportation to surface. Positions and adjusts bits on drill shaft and places cables, jacks, roof bolts, and related equipment in specified locations. Trims protrusions from walls and roofs of underground passageways and rooms. Strips (cleans) residue of rock and dirt from exposed coal, ore, or rock formations. Loads, separates, or sorts materials at working face, using shovel or wheelbarrow. Throws calcium or salt around interiors of railroad cars to prevent coal or ore from freezing to cars during winter. May be known according to specific work performed as car cleaner; car salter; loader; mucker; shoveler; stripper; trimmer.

The average salary for a Laborer Mine is 22 216 € per year or 9,15 € per hour in Portugal. Top earners have reported making up to 24 567 €. However, the typical pay range in Portugal is between 16 436 € and 24 567 € annually.

Laborer Mine is projected to see a 10.5 % salary change in 5 years.

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