Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a mining assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mining assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mining assistants perform routine duties in mining and quarrying operations. They assist the miners with maintaining equipment, with laying pipes, cables and tunnels, and with removing wast.

Elementary occupations 26 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: mining equipment mechanic, 70%

mining equipment mechanic 70% covered surface mine plant operator 58% covered underground heavy equipment o… 54% covered mining electrician 44% covered mine control room operator 38% covered mining assistant You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from mining assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mining assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

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mining assistant is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a mining assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.