mining equipment mechanictounderground heavy equipment operator
A mining equipment mechanic already meets 36% of what the underground heavy equipment operator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 63.5 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the underground heavy equipment operator 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 7 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 equipment mechanic background worth leading with.
- already held communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the underground heavy equipment operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required
- required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
- 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 a range of underground mining equipment optional
- optional, not held operate drilling jumbo optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic pumps optional
- optional, not held operate shotcreter optional
- optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
- required, not held operate mining tools required
- optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
- required, not held inspect heavy underground mining machinery required
- required, not held make independent operating decisions required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
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.
- 01 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill · sector specific
- 02 inspect heavy underground mining machinery 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held communicate mine equipment information skill
- already held conduct inter-shift communication skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held troubleshoot skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 a range of underground mining equipment optional
- optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
- optional, not held operate drilling jumbo optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic pumps optional
- optional, not held operate shotcreter optional
- optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
8 held skills the underground heavy equipment operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role install mining machinery skill
- not needed by the target role interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals 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 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
- not needed by the target role weld mining machinery skill
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.