desalination techniciantosurface miner
A desalination technician already meets 34% of what the surface miner role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
55.6/ 100
1 Share of the surface miner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the desalination technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A surface miner role treats 3 of its required skills as things a desalination technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- perform minor repairs to equipment
- troubleshoot
- work ergonomically
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A surface miner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a desalination technician background worth leading with.
- already held perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held work ergonomically assisting and caring
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the surface miner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held operate hydraulic pumps required
- required, not held drive vehicles required
- optional, not held operate front loader optional
- required, not held excavation techniques required
- required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- optional, not held react to events in time-critical environments optional
- required, not held operate mining tools required
- optional, not held geology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a surface miner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 excavation techniques knowledge · sector specific
- 02 impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge · sector specific
- 03 operate hydraulic pumps skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate front loader optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held react to events in time-critical environments optional
15 held skills the surface miner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role biofilter systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect samples skill
- not needed by the target role conduct inter-shift communication skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain desalination control system skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of mining operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage desalination control system skill
- not needed by the target role perform water testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role perform water treatment procedures skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held excavation techniques required
- required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- optional, not held geology optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.