Mine surveyor to mine surveying technician
A mine surveyor already meets 55% of what the mine surveying technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
38.3/ 100
1 How much of what a mine surveying technician is expected to do is already part of a mine surveyor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the mine surveying technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A mine surveying technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a mine surveyor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- delineate mine area
- maintain records of mining operations
- operate surveying instruments
- perform surveying calculations
What stands in the way is 4 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine surveying technician 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 delineate mine area information skills
- already held identify GIS issues working with computers
- already held perform surveying calculations information skills
- already held operate surveying instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
- already held health and safety hazards underground services
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the mine surveying technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn compare survey computations required
- still to learn record survey data required
- still to learn work ergonomically required
- still to learn monitor equipment condition required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine surveying technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 compare survey computations practise this
- 02 record survey data practise this
- 03 monitor equipment condition practise this
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 delineate mine area skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held identify GIS issues skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
14 held skills the mine surveying technician 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 dimension stone knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain plans of a mining site 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 minerals laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role mining engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports 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 supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
Common questions about this move
Can a mine surveyor become a mine surveying technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A mine surveyor already covers 55% of what a mine surveying technician is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the mine surveying technician role treats as required.
What skills does a mine surveyor need to become a mine surveying technician?
4 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is compare survey computations.
How hard is the move from mine surveyor to mine surveying technician?
Its learning distance is 38.3 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.