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

environmental geologisttoenvironmental mining engineer

A environmental geologist already meets 27% of what the environmental mining engineer role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental geologist
27%
Overlap1
To environmental mining engineer
7 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
70.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.7/ 100

1 Share of the environmental mining engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental geologist 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 environmental mining engineer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a environmental geologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • chemistry
  • communicate on minerals issues
  • communicate on the environmental impact of mining
  • manage environmental impact
  • use technical drawing software

What stands in the way is 16 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental mining engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental geologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage environmental impact assisting and caring
  • already held communicate on the environmental impact of mining communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate on minerals issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the environmental mining engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust engineering designs required
  • required, not held approve engineering design required
  • required, not held prepare scientific reports required
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
03 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held assess environmental impact required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
04 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop environmental policy required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
  • optional, not held develop mine rehabilitation plan optional
05 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a environmental mining engineer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held communicate on minerals issues skill
  • already held communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill
  • already held manage environmental impact skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held biology knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop mine rehabilitation plan optional
  • optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
12 held skills the environmental mining engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on mining environmental issues skill
  • not needed by the target role archaeology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct environmental site assessments skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct erosion control skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct sediment control skill
  • not needed by the target role develop site remediation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine geochemical samples skill
  • not needed by the target role geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hydrology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
  • not needed by the target role study groundwater skill
6 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 engineering processes required
  • required, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
Index

Other moves recorded from environmental geologist

Full index of moves from environmental geologist

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.