Where an underground miner can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an underground miner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Underground miners perform a wide range of ancillary underground mining operations such as inspections, conveyor attendance and the transport of equipment and consumable materials from the surface to the point of extraction underground.
Also known as collier, coal hewer, underground mine operative, coal excavator, underground mining operative, coal digger, underground mine worker, underground mineworker, hewer, coal cutter.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 14 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: surface miner, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An underground miner needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- operate a range of underground mining equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate mining tools handling and moving
- operate hydraulic pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
- health and safety hazards underground services
- impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- perform minor repairs to equipment 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 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an underground miner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- surface miner 78% covered · difficulty 19.4
- surface mine plant operator 53% covered · difficulty 40.1
- driller 44% covered · difficulty 47.7
- mine safety officer 44% covered · difficulty 47.9
- shotfirer 41% covered · difficulty 50.4
- desalination technician 34% covered · difficulty 55.6
- mineral processing operator 34% covered · difficulty 55.6
- geotechnician 31% covered · difficulty 57.4
- mining electrician 31% covered · difficulty 57.4
- mine surveying technician 28% covered · difficulty 59.8
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Underground miner 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 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.