Where a mine ventilation engineer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mine ventilation engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mine ventilation engineers design and manage systems and equipment to ensure fresh air supply and air circulation in underground mines and the timely removal of noxious gases. They co-ordinate ventilation system design with mine management, mine safety engineer and mine planning engineer.
Also known as ventilation system coordinator, ventilation officer.
Professionals 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mine mechanical engineer, 57%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A mine ventilation engineer needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- manage mine ventilation information skills
- computational fluid dynamics information and communication technologies (icts)
- design ventilation network communication, collaboration and creativity
- use mine planning software working with computers
- mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- manage emergency procedures management skills
- prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
- design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
- supervise staff management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mine ventilation engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- mine development engineer 73% covered · difficulty 27.4
- mine mechanical engineer 71% covered · difficulty 29.8
- mine electrical engineer 68% covered · difficulty 31.8
- mine production manager 59% covered · difficulty 38.7
- quarry engineer 59% covered · difficulty 39.3
- mine health and safety engineer 57% covered · difficulty 41.5
- mine planning engineer 50% covered · difficulty 46.1
- explosives engineer 41% covered · difficulty 54.1
- mining geotechnical engineer 32% covered · difficulty 61.4
- drilling engineer 29% covered · difficulty 63.7
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Mine ventilation 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 a mine ventilation 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.