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Earth Drillers

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Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction.

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Trainee Earth Driller → Technician Earth Driller → Senior Technician Earth Driller → Lead Technician Earth Driller
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About the profession

Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. Includes horizontal and earth boring machine operators.

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Career Path

Your career progression roadmap with salary growth at each level

Career Ladder

Trainee Earth Driller → Technician Earth Driller → Senior Technician Earth Driller → Lead Technician Earth Driller

Where are you on this career path?

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Salary Growth

L1
$41K$51K
L2
$51K$61K
L3
$61K$72K
L4
$72K$82K
Entry → Top level growth2x
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12-24 months
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24-36 months
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30-48 months
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Levels

82K

Top Salary

8+

Years

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Learning Path

Skills you need to develop and courses to get there

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Career levels

Timeline: 0-2 | Entry Level Base: $40,560 - $50,990/year With equity/bonuses: $44,616 - $61,188 Top markets (SF/NYC): $46,644 - $61,188 Execute core tasks using Operations…

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Day in Life

Junior vs Senior — daily schedule breakdown

9am — Operate controls to stabilize machines and to position and align drills. 10am — Start, stop, and control drilling speed of machines and insertion of casings into holes.

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Income Dynamics

Conservative and aggressive scenarios for 10–15 years

Year 1: Entry level $28,392 - $45,891 Year 2-3: Junior level $50,990 - $58,349 Year 4-6: Mid level $58,349 - $63,263 Year 7-10: Senior level $63,263 - $75,443 Year 10+:…

Is this for me?

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You find the craft of a Earth Driller genuinely interesting, not just a paycheck You enjoy working with Operations Monitoring and Operation and Control You communicate clearly…

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