mine rescue officertomine health and safety engineer
A mine rescue officer already meets 38% of what the mine health and safety engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 57.9 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the mine health and safety engineer 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 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 rescue officer 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 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 9 carried skills, including the 5 the mine health and safety engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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.
- required, not held mine safety legislation required
- required, not held safety engineering required
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held prepare scientific reports required
- optional, not held present reports optional
- required, not held develop health and safety strategies in mining required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
- optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
- required, not held prevent health and safety problems required
- required, not held geology 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 skill · occupation specific
- 02 maintain records of mining operations skill · sector specific
- 03 mine safety legislation knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held investigate mine accidents skill
- already held manage emergency procedures skill
- already held train employees in mine safety skill
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held inspect mine safety conditions skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
8 held skills the mine health and safety engineer role does not ask for
- 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 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
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held mine safety legislation required
- required, not held geology required
- required, not held safety engineering required
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
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.