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

underground minertomining assistant

A underground miner already meets 44% of what the mining assistant role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From underground miner
44%
Overlap1
To mining assistant
12 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
53.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 53.8

This move: 53.8 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the mining assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the underground miner 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 mining assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a underground miner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate a range of underground mining equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate mining tools handling and moving
  • already held operate hydraulic pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate drilling equipment handling and moving
  • already held health and safety hazards underground services
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the mining assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 handling and moving 3 required
  • required, not held clean waste materials from machines required
  • required, not held handle mining plant waste required
  • required, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste required
02 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
  • optional, not held interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals optional
  • optional, not held report mine machinery repairs optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
  • optional, not held communicate mine equipment information optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held excavation techniques required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain mine machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate front loader optional
  • optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held lay pipe installation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mining assistant 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 perform minor repairs to equipment skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate a range of underground mining equipment skill
  • already held operate drilling equipment skill
  • already held operate hydraulic pumps skill
  • already held operate mining tools skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate mine equipment information optional
  • optional, not held interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals optional
  • optional, not held maintain mine machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate front loader optional
  • optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
  • optional, not held report mine machinery repairs optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held lay pipe installation optional
2 held skills the mining assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role react to events in time-critical environments 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 excavation techniques required
Index

Other moves recorded from underground miner

Full index of moves from underground miner

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.