Where an underground heavy equipment operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an underground heavy equipment operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Underground heavy equipment operators control heavy-duty mining equipment such as cutting and loading equipment to excavate and load ore and raw mineral at underground mines.
Also known as underground miner (heavy equipment), miners, coalface miner, mine machine operator, underground miner equipment operator, underground miner operator, heavy equipment operators.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: surface mine plant operator, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An underground heavy equipment operator needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- inspect heavy underground mining machinery constructing
- operate mining tools handling and moving
- communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
- conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
- health and safety hazards underground services
- 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 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an underground heavy equipment operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- surface mine plant operator 61% covered · difficulty 43.1
- mining assistant 54% covered · difficulty 48.6
- underground miner 52% covered · difficulty 51.2
- mine control room operator 49% covered · difficulty 54.1
- surface miner 43% covered · difficulty 58.4
- mining equipment mechanic 36% covered · difficulty 63.5
- mining electrician 31% covered · difficulty 67.5
- shotfirer 26% covered · difficulty 72
- driller 24% covered · difficulty 73
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Underground heavy equipment operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an underground heavy equipment 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.