explosives engineertomine ventilation engineer
A explosives engineer already meets 41% of what the mine ventilation engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
54.1/ 100
1 Share of the mine ventilation engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the explosives 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.
Why this move works
A mine ventilation engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a explosives engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- mine safety legislation
- supervise staff
- troubleshoot
What stands in the way is 7 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 mine ventilation engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a explosives engineer background worth leading with.
- already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
- already held supervise staff management skills
- already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the mine ventilation engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 design ventilation network required
- required, not held prepare scientific reports required
- required, not held design drawings required
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- required, not held manage mine ventilation required
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- required, not held use mine planning software required
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
- required, not held computational fluid dynamics required
- required, not held manage emergency procedures required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine ventilation engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage mine ventilation skill · occupation specific
- 02 design ventilation network skill · sector specific
- 03 use mine planning software 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 ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held geology knowledge
- already held mining engineering knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
14 held skills the mine ventilation engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role decide quantity of explosives required skill
- not needed by the target role examine prospective blast area skill
- not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle explosives skill
- not needed by the target role impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue drilling instructions skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role report misfires skill
- not needed by the target role report outcome of blast skill
- not needed by the target role safely detonate explosives skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role sequence explosions skill
- not needed by the target role signal for explosion skill
5 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 computational fluid dynamics required
- required, not held design drawings required
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held mechanics 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.