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A geotechnician already meets 39% of what the mining geotechnical engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
56.3/ 100
1 Share of the mining geotechnical engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the geotechnician 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 this move works
A mining geotechnical engineer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a geotechnician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- geology
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- plan geotechnical investigations in the field
- prepare scientific reports
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mining geotechnical engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a geotechnician background worth leading with.
- already held install rock movement monitoring devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held plan geotechnical investigations in the field information skills
- already held test raw minerals information skills
- already held health and safety hazards underground services
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the mining geotechnical engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held design infrastructure for surface mines required
- required, not held advise on geology for mineral extraction required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held advise on construction materials required
- optional, not held advise on archaeological sites optional
- required, not held manage geotechnical staff required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
- required, not held use mine planning software required
- optional, not held interpret seismic data optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mining geotechnical engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 design infrastructure for surface mines skill · occupation specific
- 02 manage geotechnical staff skill · occupation specific
- 03 advise on geology for mineral extraction skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held geology knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held plan geotechnical investigations in the field skill
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held install rock movement monitoring devices skill
- already held test raw minerals skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interpret seismic data optional
- optional, not held advise on archaeological sites optional
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
10 held skills the mining geotechnical engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role collect samples skill
- not needed by the target role communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill
- not needed by the target role maintain cores skill
- not needed by the target role monitor geotechnical structures skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
- not needed by the target role perform sample testing skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare geological map sections skill
- not needed by the target role prepare samples for testing skill
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
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.