mine health and safety engineertomine mechanical engineer
A mine health and safety engineer already meets 52% of what the mine mechanical engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
52%
49.7/ 100
1 Share of the mine mechanical engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine health and safety 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 mechanical engineer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a mine health and safety engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- electricity
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geology
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- maintain records of mining operations
- manage emergency procedures
What stands in the way is 9 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine mechanical engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine health and safety engineer background worth leading with.
- 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 health and safety hazards underground services
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manage emergency procedures management skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the mine mechanical engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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.
- required, not held mechanical engineering required
- required, not held design drawings required
- required, not held mechanics required
- required, not held advise on mine equipment required
- required, not held procure mechanical machinery required
- required, not held install mining machinery required
- required, not held maintain mine machinery required
- required, not held interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals required
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- optional, not held monitor mine production optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- required, not held use technical drawing software required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine mechanical engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on mine equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 install mining machinery skill · sector specific
- 03 interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held geology knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held manage emergency procedures skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held mining engineering knowledge
- already held present reports skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
- optional, not held monitor mine production optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
8 held skills the mine mechanical engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop health and safety strategies in mining skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect mine safety conditions skill
- not needed by the target role investigate mine accidents skill
- not needed by the target role monitor employee's health skill
- not needed by the target role prevent health and safety problems skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees in mine safety 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.
- required, not held mechanical engineering required
- required, not held design drawings required
- required, not held mechanics required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Other moves recorded from mine health and safety engineer
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.