exploration geologisttoenvironmental geologist
A exploration geologist already meets 37% of what the environmental geologist role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
37%
56.9/ 100
1 Share of the environmental geologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the exploration geologist 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 environmental geologist role treats 4 of its required skills as things a exploration geologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- communicate on the environmental impact of mining
- conduct environmental site assessments
- examine geochemical samples
What stands in the way is 8 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental geologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a exploration geologist background worth leading with.
- already held communicate on the environmental impact of mining communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct environmental site assessments information skills
- already held examine geochemical samples information skills
- already held communicate on minerals issues communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held negotiate land access communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held archaeology arts and humanities
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the environmental geologist role treats as required.
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.
- required, not held conduct erosion control required
- required, not held manage environmental impact required
- required, not held conduct sediment control required
- required, not held develop site remediation strategies required
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- required, not held advise on mining environmental issues required
- required, not held study groundwater required
- required, not held use technical drawing software required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a environmental geologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on mining environmental issues skill · sector specific
- 02 conduct erosion control skill · sector specific
- 03 conduct sediment control 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill
- already held conduct environmental site assessments skill
- already held examine geochemical samples skill
- already held archaeology knowledge
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held communicate on minerals issues skill
- already held negotiate land access skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held hydrology optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held geography optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held hydrology optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held geography optional
16 held skills the environmental geologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on geology for mineral extraction skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role complete initial resource statements skill
- not needed by the target role determine characteristics of mineral deposits skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate mineral resources skill
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role interface with anti-mining lobbyists skill
- not needed by the target role interpret geophysical data skill
- not needed by the target role logging knowledge
- not needed by the target role minerals laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role minerals prices knowledge
- not needed by the target role model mineral deposits skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate land acquisition skill
- not needed by the target role use earth sciences tools skill
4 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 environmental legislation required
- optional, not held hydrology optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held geography 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.