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

fire prevention and protection engineertoenvironmental mining engineer

A fire prevention and protection engineer already meets 34% of what the environmental mining engineer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fire prevention and protection engineer
34%
Overlap1
To environmental mining engineer
8 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
65.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.6/ 100

1 Share of the environmental mining engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fire prevention and protection engineer 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 8 of its required skills as things a fire prevention and protection engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • approve engineering design
  • chemistry
  • civil engineering
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes

What stands in the way is 14 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 8 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 fire prevention and protection engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held adjust engineering designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the environmental mining engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate on minerals issues required
  • required, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining required
  • required, not held address problems critically 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
02 assisting and caring 4 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
  • required, not held manage environmental impact required
03 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
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required

1 further area in the appendix

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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held biology optional
5 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 biology optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
33 held skills the environmental mining engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act as contact person during equipment incident skill
  • not needed by the target role advise architects skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct fire safety inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct fire tests skill
  • not needed by the target role contain fires skill
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine fire risks skill
  • not needed by the target role develop material testing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role educate public on fire safety skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fire prevention procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fire protection engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fire-fighting systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install firestops skill
  • not needed by the target role operate fire extinguishers skill
  • not needed by the target role organise fire station skill
  • not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent fires on board skill
  • not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role teach fire fighting principles skill
  • not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role thermodynamics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different types of fire extinguishers 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 mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
Index
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.