mine planning engineertomine mechanical engineer
A mine planning engineer already meets 45% of what the mine mechanical engineer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
55.7/ 100
1 Share of the mine mechanical engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine planning 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 8 of its required skills as things a mine planning engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on mine equipment
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geology
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- mine safety legislation
- prepare scientific reports
What stands in the way is 11 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 13 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 planning 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 assess operating cost information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the mine mechanical engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 electricity required
- required, not held mechanics required
- required, not held procure mechanical machinery required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held present reports optional
- required, not held interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals required
- required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
- required, not held install mining machinery required
- required, not held maintain mine machinery required
- required, not held manage emergency procedures required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 install mining machinery skill · sector specific
- 02 interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain mine machinery 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held advise on mine equipment skill
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held geology knowledge
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held assess operating cost skill
- already held mining engineering knowledge
- already held monitor mine costs skill
- already held monitor mine production skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
8 held skills the mine mechanical engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role evaluate mine development projects skill
- not needed by the target role generate reconciliation reports skill
- not needed by the target role interface with anti-mining lobbyists skill
- not needed by the target role maintain plans of a mining site skill
- not needed by the target role mine dump design skill
- not needed by the target role minerals laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role schedule mine production skill
- not needed by the target role use mine planning software skill
6 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 electricity required
- required, not held mechanics required
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Other moves recorded from mine planning 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.