mine shift managertomine safety officer
A mine shift manager already meets 50% of what the mine safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 50 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the mine safety officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine shift manager 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine shift manager background worth leading with.
- already held investigate mine accidents information skills
- already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
- already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held health and safety hazards underground services
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the mine safety officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 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.
- required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
- required, not held train employees in mine safety required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held assist employee health programmes required
- required, not held conduct drug abuse tests required
- required, not held inspect mine safety conditions required
- required, not held monitor employee's health required
- required, not held assist blood sample collection required
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine safety officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist blood sample collection skill · occupation specific
- 02 conduct drug abuse tests skill · sector specific
- 03 conduct inter-shift communication skill · 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held investigate mine accidents skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held manage emergency procedures skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
10 held skills the mine safety officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
- not needed by the target role manage heavy equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role mining engineering 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 present reports skill
- not needed by the target role supervise mine construction operations skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role think proactively 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.
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held mechanics 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.