Dwarf Fortress labor preferences

tzenes answer is strictly correct. There is however no way in the game to see a list of all dwarves with a specific labor enabled (ie: mining). You must iterate through all your dwarves to check.

However, a custom utility called Dwarf Therapist has been written to allow you to do exactly what you want to do.

  • Dwarf Therapist Forum/Info Page
  • Dwarf Therapist Project/Download Page

  1. Select the dwarf, either through 'v' or 'c' and then choosing a dwarf.
  2. Select preferences ('p')
  3. Select labors ('l')
  4. Select the category of labor you want to change.

Its worth noting that currently selected labors will be highlighted, as will their categories.