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

predictive maintenance experttomining electrician

A predictive maintenance expert already meets 18% of what the mining electrician role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From predictive maintenance expert
18%
Overlap1
To mining electrician
3 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
72.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.2/ 100

1 Share of the mining electrician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the predictive maintenance expert 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 mining electrician role treats 2 of its required skills as things a predictive maintenance expert already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • electricity
  • electronics

What stands in the way is 10 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mining electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a predictive maintenance expert background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held electrical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 3 carried skills, including the 2 the mining electrician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 4 required
  • required, not held communicate mine equipment information required
  • required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
  • required, not held train operators in using mine machinery required
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
  • required, not held report mine machinery repairs required
  • required, not held test mine equipment required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held install electrical mining machinery required
  • required, not held maintain electrical mine machinery required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electrical mine machinery manuals required
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
05 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mining electrician 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 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held electrical engineering knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
22 held skills the mining electrician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role automotive diagnostic equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role automotive engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
  • not needed by the target role design sensors skill
  • not needed by the target role develop data processing applications skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role gather data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role model sensor skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role predictive maintenance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test sensors skill
  • not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
3 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 electrical mine machinery manuals required
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Index
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.