Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a surface mine plant operator can go next

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

Surface mine plant operators control heavy-duty equipment such as excavators and dump trucks, often involving a high level of spatial awareness, to excavate, load and transport ore, raw mineral including sand, stone and clay and overburden at quarries and surface mines.

Also known as surface miner equipment operator, aggregate driver, surface mining heavy equipment driver, quarry plant operator, surface miner (heavy equipment), quarry earth moving equipment operative, tipper driver.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 24 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: surface miner, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
surface miner 75% covered underground heavy equipment o… 61% covered underground miner 53% covered mining assistant 46% covered mine control room operator 40% covered surface mine plant operat… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from surface mine plant operator, 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 surface mine plant operator 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 surface mine plant operator needs 13 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
  • inspect heavy surface mining equipment constructing
  • operate mining tools handling and moving
  • communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • excavation techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • make independent operating decisions management skills
  • react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Surface mine plant operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 surface mine plant operator’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.