How to become a Mineral and Stone Processing Plant Operator

Official title: Mineral and Stone Processing Plant Operators

Mineral and stone processing plant operators operate machinery and equipment for the initial processing of ore, stone and other minerals into intermediate products or for further processing.

Main tasks

• Set up and operate fixed equipment and machinery to grind, crush, cut and saw minerals and stone according to work instructions
• Operate washing, separating, filtering, settling, extraction and combining equipment to remove waste and purify minerals
• Combine ore with solvents to make the next stage of processing easier
• Separate metals and mineral concentrates from ore by thickening, flotation, gravity separation, filtering, and magnetic and electrostatic separation
• Sort, stack and move processed minerals and stone for packing, transport or further processing

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$516,000 a year
• Demand for Machine operators and assemblers jobs is projected at about 1,647,000 in 2024 and about 1,698,000 in 2030. (+3.1%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Miners and Quarriers
• Well Drillers and Related Workers
• Cement, Stone and Other Mineral Products Machine Operators

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Questions people ask

How much does a Mineral and Stone Processing Plant Operator earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$516,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Mineral and Stone Processing Plant Operator a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 3.1% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Mineral and Stone Processing Plant Operator?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026