Explosives engineer to mine ventilation engineer
An 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.
54.1/ 100
1 How much of what a mine ventilation engineer is expected to do is already part of an explosives 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 mine ventilation engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A mine ventilation engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things an explosives engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 an 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 may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 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 design ventilation network required
- still to learn prepare scientific reports required
- still to learn design drawings required
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- still to learn manage mine ventilation required
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- still to learn use mine planning software required
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
- still to learn computational fluid dynamics required
- still to learn 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 practise this
- 02 design ventilation network practise this
- 03 use mine planning software 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 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.
- still to learn computational fluid dynamics required
- still to learn design drawings required
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Common questions about this move
Can an explosives engineer become a mine ventilation engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An explosives engineer already covers 41% of what a mine ventilation engineer is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the mine ventilation engineer role treats as required.
What skills does an explosives engineer need to become a mine ventilation engineer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is manage mine ventilation.
How hard is the move from explosives engineer to mine ventilation engineer?
Its learning distance is 54.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.