mine surveyortomine planning engineer
A mine surveyor already meets 34% of what the mine planning engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
62.1/ 100
1 Share of the mine planning engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine surveyor 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 this move works
A mine planning engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a mine surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- maintain plans of a mining site
- mining engineering
- prepare scientific reports
- supervise staff
What stands in the way is 8 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine planning engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine surveyor background worth leading with.
- already held maintain plans of a mining site information skills
- already held minerals laws business, administration and law
- already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held supervise staff management skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the mine planning engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 7 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 advise on mine equipment required
- required, not held interface with anti-mining lobbyists required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held generate reconciliation reports required
- required, not held monitor mine production required
- optional, not held evaluate mine development projects optional
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- required, not held schedule mine production required
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
- required, not held use mine planning software required
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
- required, not held geology required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine planning engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 generate reconciliation reports skill · occupation specific
- 02 advise on mine equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 interface with anti-mining lobbyists 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held maintain plans of a mining site skill
- already held mining engineering knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held minerals laws knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held evaluate mine development projects optional
- optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
17 held skills the mine planning engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role create GIS reports skill
- not needed by the target role create thematic maps skill
- not needed by the target role delineate mine area skill
- not needed by the target role dimension stone knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify GIS issues skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of mining operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage mine site data skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
- not needed by the target role operate surveying instruments skill
- not needed by the target role perform surveying calculations skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role process collected survey data skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.
- required, not held geology required
- optional, not held mine safety legislation 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.