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

mine rescue officertomine control room operator

A mine rescue officer already meets 35% of what the mine control room operator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mine rescue officer
35%
Overlap1
To mine control room operator
6 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
56.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.6/ 100

1 Share of the mine control room operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine rescue officer 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 control room operator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a mine rescue officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with safety legislation
  • health and safety hazards underground
  • manage emergency procedures
  • troubleshoot

What stands in the way is 7 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine control room operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine rescue officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
  • already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the mine control room operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
  • required, not held coordinate communication during mine emergencies required
  • required, not held coordinate remote communications required
  • required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required
  • optional, not held communicate mine equipment information optional
  • optional, not held write production reports optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
  • optional, not held ensure mining records are maintained optional
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held monitor equipment condition required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine control room operator 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held manage emergency procedures skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate mine equipment information optional
  • optional, not held ensure mining records are maintained optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held write production reports optional
11 held skills the mine control room operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create incident reports skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect mine safety conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate mine accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ambulance room stock skill
  • not needed by the target role process incident reports for prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role provide emergency advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide emergency training skill
  • not needed by the target role react to mining emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees in mine safety 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 electronics required
  • 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.