mine development engineertomine shift manager
A mine development engineer already meets 80% of what the mine shift manager role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
80%
19.5/ 100
1 Share of the mine shift manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine development 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 shift manager role treats 11 of its required skills as things a mine development engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- electricity
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- manage staff
- mine safety legislation
What stands in the way is 2 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine shift manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine development engineer background worth leading with.
- already held supervise mine construction operations management skills
- already held monitor mine costs information skills
- already held monitor mine production information skills
- already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 11 the mine shift manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 5 missing skills fall into 3 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 maintain records of mining operations required
- optional, not held investigate mine accidents optional
- required, not held manage emergency procedures required
- optional, not held manage heavy equipment optional
- optional, not held think proactively optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a mine shift manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain records of mining operations skill · sector specific
- 02 manage emergency procedures skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held manage staff skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held mining engineering knowledge
- already held monitor mine production skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held identify process improvements skill
- already held monitor mine costs skill
- already held supervise mine construction operations skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held investigate mine accidents optional
- optional, not held manage heavy equipment optional
- optional, not held think proactively optional
18 held skills the mine shift manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role advise on mine equipment skill
- not needed by the target role computational fluid dynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role cope with challenging circumstances in the mining sector skill
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop alternative mining methods skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate mine development projects skill
- not needed by the target role handle waste rock skill
- not needed by the target role interface with anti-mining lobbyists skill
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate land acquisition skill
- not needed by the target role oversee mine planning activities skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role use mine planning software skill
- not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
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.