shotfirertoexplosives engineer
A shotfirer already meets 48% of what the explosives engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
52.1/ 100
1 Share of the explosives engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the shotfirer 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 explosives engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a shotfirer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- electricity
- examine prospective blast area
- explosives
- handle explosives
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- report misfires
What stands in the way is 8 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A explosives engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a shotfirer background worth leading with.
- already held report misfires information skills
- already held report outcome of blast information skills
- already held safely detonate explosives assisting and caring
- already held signal for explosion assisting and caring
- already held examine prospective blast area information skills
- already held handle explosives handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the explosives engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 issue drilling instructions required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- optional, not held present reports optional
- required, not held chemistry required
- required, not held geology required
- required, not held safety engineering required
- optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
- required, not held sequence explosions required
- required, not held decide quantity of explosives required required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a explosives engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 decide quantity of explosives required skill · occupation specific
- 02 issue drilling instructions skill · occupation specific
- 03 sequence explosions skill · occupation 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 electricity knowledge
- already held examine prospective blast area skill
- already held explosives knowledge
- already held handle explosives skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held report misfires skill
- already held report outcome of blast skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held safely detonate explosives skill
- already held signal for explosion skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
10 held skills the explosives engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role check borehole depth skill
- not needed by the target role connect blasting circuit skill
- not needed by the target role examine area after blast skill
- not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- not needed by the target role insert charges into drill holes skill
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role marksmanship knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
5 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 chemistry required
- required, not held geology required
- required, not held safety engineering required
- optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
- optional, not held mining engineering 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.