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

mine mechanical engineertomine health and safety engineer

A mine mechanical engineer already meets 64% of what the mine health and safety engineer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mine mechanical engineer
64%
Overlap1
To mine health and safety engineer
14 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
36.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 36.8

This move: 36.8 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the mine health and safety engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine mechanical 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine health and safety engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine mechanical engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
  • already held health and safety hazards underground services
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held manage emergency procedures management skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 9 the mine health and safety engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 5 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 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held investigate mine accidents required
  • optional, not held inspect mine safety conditions optional
  • optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held safety engineering required
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held prevent health and safety problems required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held train employees in mine safety required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop health and safety strategies in mining required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine health and safety engineer 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held maintain records of mining operations skill
  • already held manage emergency procedures skill
  • already held mine safety legislation knowledge
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held mining engineering knowledge
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held inspect mine safety conditions optional
  • optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
13 held skills the mine health and safety engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on mine equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
  • not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install mining machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mine machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor mine costs skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor mine production skill
  • not needed by the target role procure mechanical machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role use technical drawing software 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 safety engineering required
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
Index
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.