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

quarry engineertomine ventilation engineer

A quarry engineer already meets 59% of what the mine ventilation engineer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quarry engineer
59%
Overlap1
To mine ventilation engineer
12 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
39.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 39.3

This move: 39.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the mine ventilation engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the quarry engineer 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine ventilation engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a quarry engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor mine costs information skills
  • already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held manage emergency procedures management skills
  • already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the mine ventilation engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use mine planning software required
  • optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held design ventilation network required
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held computational fluid dynamics required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage mine ventilation required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held electronics optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine ventilation engineer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held design drawings knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held manage emergency procedures skill
  • already held mine safety legislation knowledge
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held mining engineering knowledge
  • already held monitor mine costs skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
18 held skills the mine ventilation engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on geology for mineral extraction skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on mine development skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on mine production skill
  • not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out geological explorations skill
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geological mapping knowledge
  • not needed by the target role impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • 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 mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor mine production skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role procure mechanical machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role write technical reports 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 computational fluid dynamics required
  • optional, not held electronics 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.