mine mechanical engineertomine electrical engineer
A mine mechanical engineer already meets 63% of what the mine electrical engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
41.3/ 100
1 Share of the mine electrical engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine mechanical 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 electrical engineer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a mine mechanical engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on mine equipment
- design drawings
- electricity
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geology
- maintain records of mining operations
What stands in the way is 8 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine electrical engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine mechanical engineer background worth leading with.
- already held advise on mine equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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
All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the mine electrical engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 3 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 develop improvements to the electrical systems required
- required, not held procure electrical machinery required
- required, not held design circuits using CAD required
- required, not held electrical mine machinery manuals required
- required, not held electrical engineering required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held install electrical mining machinery required
- required, not held maintain electrical mine machinery required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine electrical engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop improvements to the electrical systems skill · occupation specific
- 02 procure electrical machinery skill · occupation specific
- 03 electrical mine machinery manuals knowledge · 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 19 skills that carry over
- already held advise on mine equipment skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held geology 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 assess operating cost skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mining engineering knowledge
- already held monitor mine costs skill
- already held monitor mine production skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
8 held skills the mine electrical engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- not needed by the target role impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role install mining machinery skill
- not needed by the target role interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals skill
- not needed by the target role maintain mine machinery skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role procure mechanical machinery skill
3 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 electrical mine machinery manuals required
- required, not held electrical engineering required
- required, not held electronics required
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.