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

shotfirertounderground miner

A shotfirer already meets 40% of what the underground miner role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From shotfirer
40%
Overlap1
To underground miner
5 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
50.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

40%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

50.4/ 100

1 Share of the underground miner 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 miner role treats 4 of its required skills as things a shotfirer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • health and safety hazards underground
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations
  • troubleshoot
  • work ergonomically

What stands in the way is 5 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 miner 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 electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held work ergonomically assisting and caring
  • already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the underground miner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held operate a range of underground mining equipment required
  • required, not held operate hydraulic pumps required
  • required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held address problems critically required
  • optional, not held react to events in time-critical environments optional
03 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate mining tools required
  • optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a underground miner 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 health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held react to events in time-critical environments optional
15 held skills the underground miner 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 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 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
2 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
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
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.