Where an environmental mining engineer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an environmental mining engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Environmental mining engineers oversee the environmental performance of mining operations. They develop and implement environmental systems and strategies to minimise environmental impacts.
Also known as environmental mining engineering expert, environmental co-ordinator, environmental mining technology engineering adviser, mine environmental engineers, environmental mining technology engineering specialist, environmental mining engineering consultant, mine environmental specialist, specialised engineer, mine environmental specialists, environmental mining engineering specialist, green engineers, mine environmental manager.
Professionals 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mineral processing engineer, 51%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An environmental mining engineer needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- manage environmental impact assisting and caring
- communicate on the environmental impact of mining communication, collaboration and creativity
- communicate on minerals issues communication, collaboration and creativity
- maintain records of mining operations information skills
- develop environmental policy management skills
- mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- assess environmental impact assisting and caring
- ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an environmental mining engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- civil engineer 52% covered · difficulty 50
- environmental engineer 48% covered · difficulty 53.6
- geological engineer 46% covered · difficulty 54.9
- nuclear engineer 46% covered · difficulty 54.9
- onshore wind energy engineer 46% covered · difficulty 54.9
- wood technology engineer 46% covered · difficulty 54.9
- chemical engineer 44% covered · difficulty 57.6
- pharmaceutical engineer 42% covered · difficulty 58.8
- wastewater engineer 38% covered · difficulty 62.2
- fire prevention and protection engineer 34% covered · difficulty 65.6
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Environmental mining engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an environmental mining engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.