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

mine planning engineertomine ventilation engineer

A mine planning engineer already meets 50% of what the mine ventilation engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mine planning engineer
50%
Overlap1
To mine ventilation engineer
10 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
46.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.1/ 100

1 Share of the mine ventilation engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine planning 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

Why this move works

A mine ventilation engineer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a mine planning engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • ensure compliance with safety legislation
  • mine safety legislation
  • prepare scientific reports
  • supervise staff
  • use mine planning software

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine ventilation engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine planning engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use mine planning software working with computers
  • already held monitor mine costs information skills
  • already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the mine ventilation engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 6 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held design ventilation network required
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held computational fluid dynamics required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage mine ventilation required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage emergency procedures required
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine ventilation 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held mine safety legislation knowledge
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held use mine planning software skill
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held mining engineering knowledge
  • already held monitor mine costs skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
11 held skills the mine ventilation 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 evaluate mine development projects skill
  • not needed by the target role generate reconciliation reports skill
  • not needed by the target role impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interface with anti-mining lobbyists skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plans of a mining site skill
  • not needed by the target role mine dump design skill
  • not needed by the target role minerals laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor mine production skill
  • not needed by the target role schedule mine production skill
6 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 computational fluid dynamics required
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held mechanics 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.