Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mine development engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mine development engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mine development engineers design and coordinate mine development operations such as crosscutting, sinking, tunnelling, in-seam drivages, raising, and removing and replacing overburden.

Also known as development engineer, facility manager, mine development manager, mine development expert.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: mine shift manager, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mine shift manager 80% covered mine ventilation engineer 73% covered mine planning engineer 68% covered mine production manager 62% covered mine mechanical engineer 57% covered mine development engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mine development engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mine development engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A mine development engineer needs 25 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • cope with challenging circumstances in the mining sector assisting and caring
  • handle waste rock handling and moving
  • develop alternative mining methods management skills
  • negotiate land acquisition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise mine construction operations management skills
  • interface with anti-mining lobbyists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate mine development projects information skills
  • advise on mine equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use mine planning software working with computers
  • mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mine development engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Mine development engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mine development 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.