Mine health and safety engineer to mine safety officer
A mine health and safety engineer already meets 67% of what the mine safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
34.6/ 100
1 How much of what a mine safety officer is expected to do is already part of a mine health and safety 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 safety officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A mine safety officer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a mine health and safety engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- address problems critically
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- inspect mine safety conditions
- investigate mine accidents
- maintain records of mining operations
What stands in the way is 5 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine health and safety engineer background worth leading with.
- already held train employees in mine safety communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held inspect mine safety conditions information skills
- already held investigate mine accidents information skills
- already held monitor employee's health information skills
- already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the mine safety officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 5 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 conduct inter-shift communication required
- still to learn deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- still to learn assist employee health programmes required
- still to learn assist blood sample collection required
- still to learn conduct drug abuse tests required
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine safety officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist blood sample collection practise this
- 02 conduct drug abuse tests practise this
- 03 conduct inter-shift communication 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held inspect mine safety conditions skill
- already held investigate mine accidents skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held manage emergency procedures skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held monitor employee's health skill
- already held train employees in mine safety skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
9 held skills the mine safety officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop health and safety strategies in mining skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role mining engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role prevent health and safety problems skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- 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.
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Other moves recorded from mine health and safety engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a mine health and safety engineer become a mine safety officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A mine health and safety engineer already covers 67% of what a mine safety officer is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 11 of which the mine safety officer role treats as required.
What skills does a mine health and safety engineer need to become a mine safety officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist blood sample collection.
How hard is the move from mine health and safety engineer to mine safety officer?
Its learning distance is 34.6 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.