Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

environmental mining engineertomineral processing engineer

A environmental mining engineer already meets 51% of what the mineral processing engineer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental mining engineer
51%
Overlap1
To mineral processing engineer
8 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
48.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 48.1

This move: 48.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the mineral processing engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental mining engineer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mineral processing engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental mining engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held communicate on the environmental impact of mining communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
  • already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
  • already held supervise staff management skills
  • already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the mineral processing engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage mineral testing procedures required
  • required, not held monitor mine production required
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held geology required
  • optional, not held bioleaching optional
03 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held organize chemical reagents required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held manage mineral processing plant required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
  • optional, not held develop new installations optional
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held design plant waste procedures optional
  • optional, not held mine dump design optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mineral processing engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held maintain records of mining operations skill
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
  • optional, not held bioleaching optional
  • optional, not held design plant waste procedures optional
  • optional, not held develop new installations optional
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held mine dump design optional
19 held skills the mineral processing engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate on minerals issues 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 engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations knowledge
  • 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 perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use technical drawing software 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held geology required
  • optional, not held bioleaching optional
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
Index
Note

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.