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

shotfirertounderground heavy equipment operator

A shotfirer already meets 26% of what the underground heavy equipment operator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From shotfirer
26%
Overlap1
To underground heavy equipment operator
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
72 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72/ 100

1 Share of the underground heavy equipment operator 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

Why this move works

A underground heavy equipment operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a shotfirer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • electricity
  • health and safety hazards underground
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations
  • make independent operating decisions
  • troubleshoot

What stands in the way is 9 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 5 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 shotfirer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held health and safety hazards underground services
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held make independent operating decisions management skills
  • already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the underground heavy equipment operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • required, not held communicate mine equipment information required
  • required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
  • 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
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 13 supplementary
  • 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
03 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate mining tools required
  • optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held inspect heavy underground mining machinery required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held mechanics required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held make independent operating decisions skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
15 held skills the underground heavy equipment operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 examine prospective blast area skill
  • not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • not needed by the target role handle explosives skill
  • not needed by the target role insert charges into drill holes 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 report misfires skill
  • not needed by the target role report outcome of blast skill
  • not needed by the target role safely detonate explosives skill
  • not needed by the target role signal for explosion skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
1 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 mechanics required
Index

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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.