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

mining assistanttounderground heavy equipment operator

A mining assistant already meets 54% of what the underground heavy equipment operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mining assistant
54%
Overlap1
To underground heavy equipment operator
13 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
48.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.6/ 100

1 Share of the underground heavy equipment operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mining assistant 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 underground heavy equipment operator role treats 9 of its required skills as things a mining assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • communicate mine equipment information
  • conduct inter-shift communication
  • health and safety hazards underground
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations
  • mechanics

What stands in the way is 5 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A underground heavy equipment operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mining assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate tunnelling machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate a range of underground mining equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate mining tools handling and moving
  • already held communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held operate hydraulic pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the underground heavy equipment operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
  • required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required
02 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held inspect heavy underground mining machinery required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electricity required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held make independent operating decisions required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 10 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate LHD optional
  • optional, not held operate continuous miner optional
  • optional, not held operate longwall mining equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate powered roof support optional
  • optional, not held operate production drilling machine optional
  • optional, not held operate roof bolter optional
  • optional, not held operate scaler optional
  • optional, not held operate shuttle car optional
  • optional, not held operate drilling jumbo optional
  • optional, not held operate shotcreter optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a underground heavy equipment 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held communicate mine equipment information skill
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication skill
  • already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate mining tools skill
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held operate a range of underground mining equipment skill
  • already held operate drilling equipment skill
  • already held operate hydraulic pumps skill
  • already held operate tunnelling machine skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate LHD optional
  • optional, not held operate continuous miner optional
  • optional, not held operate longwall mining equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate powered roof support optional
  • optional, not held operate production drilling machine optional
  • optional, not held operate roof bolter optional
  • optional, not held operate scaler optional
  • optional, not held operate shuttle car optional
  • optional, not held operate drilling jumbo optional
  • optional, not held operate shotcreter optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
13 held skills the underground heavy equipment operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role clean waste materials from machines skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role excavation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle mining plant waste skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals skill
  • not needed by the target role lay pipe installation skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mine machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of mining operations skill
  • not needed by the target role operate front loader skill
  • not needed by the target role report mine machinery repairs skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
1 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 electricity required
Index

Other moves recorded from mining assistant

Full index of moves from mining assistant

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.