mine electrical engineertomining electrician
A mine electrical engineer already meets 56% of what the mining electrician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
41.1/ 100
1 Share of the mining electrician 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 mining electrician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a mine electrical engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- electrical mine machinery manuals
- electricity
- electronics
- install electrical mining machinery
- maintain electrical mine machinery
- maintain records of mining operations
What stands in the way is 5 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 8 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 mine electrical engineer background worth leading with.
- already held electrical mine machinery manuals engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held install electrical mining machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain electrical mine machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
- already held electrical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the mining electrician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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 communicate mine equipment information required
- required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
- required, not held train operators in using mine machinery required
- required, not held report mine machinery repairs required
- required, not held test mine equipment required
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
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.
- 01 communicate mine equipment information skill · sector specific
- 02 conduct inter-shift communication skill · sector specific
- 03 report mine machinery repairs 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held electrical mine machinery manuals knowledge
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held install electrical mining machinery skill
- already held maintain electrical mine machinery skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
19 held skills the mining electrician 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 ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mine safety legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role mining engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor mine costs skill
- not needed by the target role monitor mine production skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role procure electrical machinery skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff 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.
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- 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.