mine electrical engineertomine shift manager
A mine electrical engineer already meets 67% of what the mine shift manager role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
32.3/ 100
1 Share of the mine shift manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine electrical 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 this move works
A mine shift manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a mine electrical engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- electricity
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- maintain records of mining operations
- manage emergency procedures
- mine safety legislation
- mining engineering
What stands in the way is 3 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine shift manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine electrical engineer background worth leading with.
- already held monitor mine costs information skills
- already held monitor mine production information skills
- already held mining engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held mine safety legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
- already held manage emergency procedures management skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the mine shift manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 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.
- required, not held manage staff required
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held supervise mine construction operations optional
- optional, not held manage heavy equipment optional
- required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- optional, not held think proactively optional
- required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- optional, not held investigate mine accidents optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine shift manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill · sector specific
- 02 impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge · sector specific
- 03 manage staff skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held manage emergency procedures skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held mining engineering knowledge
- already held monitor mine production skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held monitor mine costs skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held investigate mine accidents optional
- optional, not held supervise mine construction operations optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held manage heavy equipment optional
- optional, not held think proactively optional
16 held skills the mine shift manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role advise on mine equipment skill
- not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
- not needed by the target role design circuits using CAD skill
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop improvements to the electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical mine machinery manuals knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role install electrical mining machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical mine machinery skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role procure electrical machinery skill
- not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
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.