cadastral techniciantomine surveying technician
A cadastral technician already meets 42% of what the mine surveying technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
48.8/ 100
1 Share of the mine surveying technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cadastral technician 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 mine surveying technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a cadastral technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- compare survey computations
- operate surveying instruments
- perform surveying calculations
- record survey data
What stands in the way is 4 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine surveying technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cadastral technician background worth leading with.
- already held compare survey computations information skills
- already held perform surveying calculations information skills
- already held operate surveying instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held record survey data information skills
- already held geographic information systems natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the mine surveying technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 9 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 delineate mine area required
- required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- required, not held monitor equipment condition required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine surveying technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 delineate mine area skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain records of mining operations skill · sector specific
- 03 monitor equipment condition skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held compare survey computations skill
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held record survey data skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held identify GIS issues optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held identify GIS issues optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
21 held skills the mine surveying technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role cartography knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect data using GPS skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role concurrent estate knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
- not needed by the target role construction legal systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role create cadastral maps skill
- not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
- not needed by the target role document survey operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage cadastre skill
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role process collected survey data skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role review construction plans authorisations skill
- not needed by the target role surveying methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held mathematics 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.