mining electriciantounderground miner
A mining electrician already meets 31% of what the underground miner role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
31%
57.4/ 100
1 Share of the underground miner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mining electrician 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 underground miner role treats 3 of its required skills as things a mining electrician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- health and safety hazards underground
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- troubleshoot
What stands in the way is 6 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A underground miner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mining electrician background worth leading with.
- already held health and safety hazards underground services
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the underground miner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 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 operate a range of underground mining equipment required
- required, not held operate hydraulic pumps required
- required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- optional, not held react to events in time-critical environments optional
- required, not held operate mining tools required
- optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held geology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a underground miner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate a range of underground mining equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 operate hydraulic pumps skill · sector specific
- 03 operate mining tools 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held electricity knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held react to events in time-critical environments optional
11 held skills the underground miner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role communicate mine equipment information skill
- not needed by the target role conduct inter-shift communication skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical mine machinery manuals knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role install electrical mining machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical mine machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of mining operations skill
- not needed by the target role report mine machinery repairs skill
- not needed by the target role test mine equipment skill
- not needed by the target role train operators in using mine machinery 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 geology 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.