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

exploration geologisttomine planning engineer

A exploration geologist already meets 21% of what the mine planning engineer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From exploration geologist
21%
Overlap1
To mine planning engineer
4 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
72.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.4/ 100

1 Share of the mine planning engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the exploration 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 mine planning engineer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a exploration geologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • geology
  • interface with anti-mining lobbyists

What stands in the way is 10 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine planning engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a exploration geologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held interface with anti-mining lobbyists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held minerals laws business, administration and law
  • already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the mine planning engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held generate reconciliation reports required
  • required, not held maintain plans of a mining site required
  • required, not held monitor mine production required
  • optional, not held evaluate mine development projects optional
  • optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
  • optional, not held assess operating cost optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
  • required, not held mining engineering required
  • optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held schedule mine production required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
  • optional, not held mine dump design optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held advise on mine equipment required
  • required, not held prepare scientific reports required
05 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use mine planning software required
  • optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine planning 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held interface with anti-mining lobbyists skill
  • already held minerals laws knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held evaluate mine development projects optional
  • optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
  • optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
  • optional, not held assess operating cost optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
  • optional, not held mine dump design optional
  • optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
20 held skills the mine planning engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on geology for mineral extraction skill
  • not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role archaeology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate on minerals issues skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill
  • not needed by the target role complete initial resource statements skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct environmental site assessments skill
  • not needed by the target role determine characteristics of mineral deposits skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate mineral resources skill
  • not needed by the target role examine geochemical samples skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret geophysical data skill
  • not needed by the target role logging knowledge
  • not needed by the target role minerals prices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role model mineral deposits skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate land acquisition skill
  • not needed by the target role use earth sciences tools skill
3 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 impact of geological factors on mining operations required
  • required, not held mining engineering required
  • optional, not held mine safety legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from exploration geologist

Full index of moves from exploration 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.