Mine mechanical engineer to mine 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.
36.8/ 100
1 How much of what a mine health and safety engineer is expected to do is already part of a mine mechanical 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 health and safety engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A mine health and safety engineer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a mine mechanical engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- address problems critically
- electricity
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geology
- maintain records of mining operations
- manage emergency procedures
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 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 8 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 investigate mine accidents required
- optional, not held inspect mine safety conditions optional
- optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
- still to learn safety engineering required
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- still to learn prevent health and safety problems required
- still to learn train employees in mine safety required
- still to learn develop health and safety strategies in mining required
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.
- 01 prevent health and safety problems practise this
- 02 investigate mine accidents practise this
- 03 train employees in mine safety 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 14 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn safety engineering required
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
Common questions about this move
Can a mine mechanical engineer become a mine health and safety engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A mine mechanical engineer already covers 64% of what a mine health and safety engineer is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 9 of which the mine health and safety engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a mine mechanical engineer need to become a mine health and safety engineer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is prevent health and safety problems.
How hard is the move from mine mechanical engineer to mine health and safety engineer?
Its learning distance is 36.8 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.