Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a quarry manager can go next

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

Quarry managers plan, oversee and coordinate quarry operations. They coordinate extraction, processing and transportation and ensure these processes run smoothly and according to health and safety standards. Quarry managers ensure the successful running of the quarry and implement company strategies and guidelines.

Also known as quarrying industry manager, quarry engineer, quarry operations engineer, quarry operations manager, quarry management expert, quarry managers, quarrying engineer.

Managers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: mine manager, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mine manager 72% covered mine health and safety engine… 60% covered mine planning engineer 53% covered mine shift manager 52% covered mine production manager 47% covered quarry manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from quarry manager, 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 quarry manager 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 quarry manager needs 20 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
  • develop health and safety strategies in mining management skills
  • ensure mining records are maintained information skills
  • manage mining plant equipment management skills
  • maintain plans of a mining site information skills
  • oversee mine planning activities management skills
  • evaluate mine development projects information skills
  • inspect mine safety conditions information skills
  • manage commercial risks information skills
  • communicate on the environmental impact of mining communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate on minerals issues communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Quarry manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 quarry manager’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.