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

gas processing plant control room operatortomining electrician

A gas processing plant control room operator already meets 31% of what the mining electrician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From gas processing plant control room operator
31%
Overlap1
To mining electrician
4 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
62.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.5/ 100

1 Share of the mining electrician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the gas processing plant control room operator 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 mining electrician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a gas processing plant control room operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct inter-shift communication
  • electricity
  • electronics
  • troubleshoot

What stands in the way is 8 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 mining electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a gas processing plant control room operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the mining electrician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 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 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
  • required, not held report mine machinery repairs required
  • required, not held test mine equipment required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held communicate mine equipment information required
  • required, not held train operators in using mine machinery required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held install electrical mining machinery required
  • required, not held maintain electrical mine machinery required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held electrical mine machinery manuals required
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
05 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mining electrician 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 conduct inter-shift communication skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held troubleshoot skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
13 held skills the mining electrician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role coordinate remote communications skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role gas contaminant removal processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gas dehydration processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition skill
  • not needed by the target role natural gas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role natural gas liquids fractionation processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role natural gas liquids recovery processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sour gas sweetening processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sulphur recovery processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write production reports skill
4 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 electrical mine machinery manuals required
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground 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.