Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mining electrician can go next

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

Mining electricians install, maintain and repair specialised electrical mining equipment using their knowledge of electrical principles. They also monitor mine electricity supply.

Also known as auto electrician, maintenance electrician, plant electrician, mine machinery specialist, maintenance electricians, electrical engineering technical, electrical engineering technicals, mining electricians, electrical specialists, underground mining electrician, electrical technicians, electrical fitters.

Craft and related trades workers 15 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: mining equipment mechanic, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mining equipment mechanic 65% covered mine control room operator 45% covered mine electrical engineer 37% covered underground heavy equipment o… 31% covered underground miner 31% covered mining electrician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mining electrician, 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 mining electrician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A mining electrician 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.

Required skill Area
  • electrical mine machinery manuals engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • install electrical mining machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain electrical mine machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • test mine equipment information skills
  • train operators in using mine machinery communication, collaboration and creativity
  • report mine machinery repairs information skills
  • communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain records of mining operations information skills
  • electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Mining electrician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 mining electrician’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.