Environmental mining engineer to agricultural engineer
An environmental mining engineer already meets 37% of what the agricultural engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
63.4/ 100
1 How much of what an agricultural engineer is expected to do is already part of an environmental mining engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the agricultural engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An agricultural engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things an environmental mining engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- perform scientific research
- technical drawings
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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An agricultural engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an environmental mining engineer background worth leading with.
- already held civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held assess environmental impact assisting and caring
- already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use technical drawing software working with computers
- already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the agricultural engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 33 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assess financial viability required
- still to learn execute feasibility study required
- optional, not held use agronomic modelling optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held research improvement of crop yields optional
- still to learn mechanical engineering required
- still to learn mechanics required
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- still to learn e-agriculture required
- optional, not held climate smart agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held sustainable agricultural production principles optional
- optional, not held integrated food-energy systems optional
- still to learn legislation in agriculture required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held advise on irrigation projects optional
- optional, not held design an artificial lighting system optional
- optional, not held provide advice to farmers optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held design prototypes optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural policies optional
- optional, not held oversee construction project optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an agricultural engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 e-agriculture study this
- 02 mechanical engineering study this
- 03 assess financial viability practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held assess environmental impact skill
- already held biology knowledge
- already held civil engineering knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on irrigation projects optional
- optional, not held climate smart agriculture optional
- optional, not held design an artificial lighting system optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held provide advice to farmers optional
- optional, not held sustainable agricultural production principles optional
- optional, not held use agronomic modelling optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held design prototypes optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural policies optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held integrated food-energy systems optional
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
- optional, not held oversee construction project optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held research improvement of crop yields optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
16 held skills the agricultural engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate on minerals issues skill
- not needed by the target role communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
- not needed by the target role develop mine rehabilitation plan skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- not needed by the target role impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain records of mining operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
13 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn e-agriculture required
- still to learn mechanical engineering required
- still to learn legislation in agriculture required
- still to learn mechanics required
- optional, not held climate smart agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held sustainable agricultural production principles optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held integrated food-energy systems optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
Other moves recorded from environmental mining engineer
Common questions about this move
Can an environmental mining engineer become an agricultural engineer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An environmental mining engineer already covers 37% of what an agricultural engineer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 8 of which the agricultural engineer role treats as required.
What skills does an environmental mining engineer need to become an agricultural engineer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is e-agriculture.
How hard is the move from environmental mining engineer to agricultural engineer?
Its learning distance is 63.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.