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

explosives engineertoshotfirer

A explosives engineer already meets 50% of what the shotfirer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From explosives engineer
50%
Overlap1
To shotfirer
10 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
50.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 50.1

This move: 50.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the shotfirer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A shotfirer 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held report misfires information skills
  • already held safely detonate explosives assisting and caring
  • already held signal for explosion assisting and caring
  • already held report outcome of blast information skills
  • already held examine prospective blast area information skills
  • already held handle explosives handling and moving

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the shotfirer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
  • required, not held work ergonomically required
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
02 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held marksmanship required
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
03 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held check borehole depth required
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held insert charges into drill holes required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held examine area after blast required
06 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held make independent operating decisions required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a shotfirer 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held examine prospective blast area skill
  • already held explosives knowledge
  • already held handle explosives skill
  • already held report misfires skill
  • already held safely detonate explosives skill
  • already held signal for explosion skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held report outcome of blast skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held connect blasting circuit required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
12 held skills the shotfirer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • 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 ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role geology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue drilling instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role mine safety legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mining engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role present reports 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 supervise staff skill
2 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 marksmanship required
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Index

Other moves recorded from explosives engineer

Full index of moves from explosives engineer

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.