mining equipment mechanictomining assistant
A mining equipment mechanic already meets 35% of what the mining assistant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 59.6 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the mining assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mining equipment mechanic 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 mining assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mining equipment mechanic background worth leading with.
- already held report mine machinery repairs information skills
- already held interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals information skills
- already held maintain mine machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the mining assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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 clean waste materials from machines required
- required, not held handle mining plant waste required
- required, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste required
- optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
- optional, not held operate mining tools optional
- required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
- optional, not held operate a range of underground mining equipment optional
- optional, not held operate front loader optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic pumps optional
- optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held excavation techniques required
- optional, not held lay pipe installation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mining assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 clean waste materials from machines skill · sector specific
- 02 excavation techniques knowledge · sector specific
- 03 handle mining plant waste 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 conduct inter-shift communication skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held communicate mine equipment information skill
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals skill
- already held maintain mine machinery skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held report mine machinery repairs skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held geology optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate a range of underground mining equipment optional
- optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
- optional, not held operate front loader optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic pumps optional
- optional, not held operate mining tools optional
- optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held lay pipe installation optional
5 held skills the mining assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role install mining machinery skill
- not needed by the target role test mine equipment skill
- not needed by the target role train operators in using mine machinery skill
- not needed by the target role weld mining 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.
- required, not held excavation techniques required
- optional, not held geology optional
Other moves recorded from mining equipment mechanic
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.