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Coal Miners

Tips for Entry

Visit the following Web sites for job listings:

  • https://www.monster.com/jobs/q-coal-mining-jobs
  • http://www.minejobs.com
  • https://www.indeed.com/q-Coal-Mining-jobs.html
  • https://miningjobs.smenet.org/jobs

Land an entry-level job as a helper at a coal mine to learn about the field and make valuable industry contacts.

Join the United Mine Workers of America and other unions to increase your chances of landing a job and receiving fair pay for your work.

Be willing to relocate. It may open more job opportunities. For example, there were nearly 13,000 coal-mining jobs in West Virginia, as opposed to Alaska, where there are fewer than 100 industry jobs. The U.S. Energy Information Administration offers state employment statistics on its Web site, https://www.eia.gov/coal/annual/pdf/table18.pdf.

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