Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a surface miner can go next

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

Surface miners perform a wide range of ancillary surface mining operations, often involving a high level of spatial awareness, such as pumping, dust suppression and the transport of materials including sand, stone and clay to the point of production.

Also known as mine operative, surface mining operative, quarry stationary plant operative, collier.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 14 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: underground miner, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
underground miner 78% covered surface mine plant operator 52% covered mining assistant 48% covered underground heavy equipment o… 43% covered explosives engineer 28% covered surface miner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from surface miner, 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 miner 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 surface miner needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • operate mining tools handling and moving
  • operate hydraulic pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • excavation techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work ergonomically assisting and caring
  • troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Surface miner is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a surface miner’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.