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

geophysicisttomine health and safety engineer

A geophysicist already meets 20% of what the mine health and safety engineer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From geophysicist
20%
Overlap1
To mine health and safety engineer
4 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
73 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73/ 100

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

  • address problems critically
  • geology
  • prepare scientific reports

What stands in the way is 11 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 health and safety engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a geophysicist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held electrical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the mine health and safety engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mine safety legislation required
  • required, not held electricity required
  • required, not held safety engineering required
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held mining engineering optional
02 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held develop health and safety strategies in mining required
  • required, not held manage emergency procedures required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held investigate mine accidents required
  • required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
  • optional, not held inspect mine safety conditions optional
  • optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held prevent health and safety problems required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held train employees in mine safety required
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held troubleshoot optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine health and safety 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 prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held electrical engineering knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held inspect mine safety conditions optional
  • optional, not held mining engineering optional
  • optional, not held monitor employee's health optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held troubleshoot optional
17 held skills the mine health and safety engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on geophysical procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role archaeology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess potential gas yield skill
  • not needed by the target role assess potential oil yield skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct field work skill
  • not needed by the target role document seismic research skill
  • not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineer seismic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role measure reservoir volumes skill
  • not needed by the target role operate seismic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform electrical geophysical measurements skill
  • not needed by the target role perform electromagnetic geophysical measurements skill
  • not needed by the target role perform gravity measurements skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role seismic measurement techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use measurement instruments 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 mine safety legislation required
  • required, not held electricity required
  • required, not held safety engineering required
  • optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
  • optional, not held mining engineering optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Index

Other moves recorded from geophysicist

Full index of moves from geophysicist

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.