metallurgical managertomine manager
A metallurgical manager already meets 17% of what the mine manager role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
83.1/ 100
1 Share of the mine manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the metallurgical manager 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 manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a metallurgical manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- forecast organisational risks
- manage commercial risks
- manage staff
- optimise financial performance
What stands in the way is 22 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a metallurgical manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage commercial risks information skills
- already held optimise financial performance management skills
- already held forecast organisational risks information skills
- already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held manage staff management skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the mine manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 32 missing skills fall into 8 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 communicate on minerals issues required
- required, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining required
- required, not held interface with anti-mining lobbyists required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held present reports required
- required, not held think proactively required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held train mine engineers optional
- optional, not held prepare scientific reports optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- required, not held manage mining plant equipment required
- required, not held oversee mine planning activities required
- required, not held develop health and safety strategies in mining required
- required, not held manage emergency procedures required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- required, not held mine safety legislation required
- required, not held mining engineering required
- required, not held electricity required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- required, not held ensure mining records are maintained required
- required, not held evaluate mine development projects required
- required, not held monitor mine production required
- required, not held assess operating cost required
- optional, not held investigate mine accidents optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
- optional, not held geology optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate on minerals issues skill · sector specific
- 02 communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure mining records are maintained 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- already held forecast organisational risks skill
- already held manage commercial risks skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held optimise financial performance skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held economics optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held investigate mine accidents optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held train mine engineers optional
- optional, not held economics optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held prepare scientific reports optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
19 held skills the mine manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role conduct metallurgical structural analysis skill
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role design metal components skill
- 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 follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role follow manufacturing work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role identify market niches skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
9 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 impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- required, not held mine safety legislation required
- required, not held mining engineering required
- required, not held electricity required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held economics optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Other moves recorded from metallurgical manager
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.