mine supervisortomine planning engineer
A mine supervisor already meets 41% of what the mine planning engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
56/ 100
1 Share of the mine planning engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine supervisor 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 planning engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a mine supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- geology
- maintain plans of a mining site
- monitor mine production
- schedule mine production
- use mine planning software
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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine planning engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held schedule mine production management skills
- already held maintain plans of a mining site information skills
- already held evaluate mine development projects information skills
- already held minerals laws business, administration and law
- already held use mine planning software working with computers
- already held monitor mine costs information skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the mine planning engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 advise on mine equipment required
- required, not held interface with anti-mining lobbyists required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held prepare scientific reports required
- required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
- required, not held mining engineering required
- required, not held generate reconciliation reports required
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine planning engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 generate reconciliation reports skill · occupation specific
- 02 advise on mine equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 impact of geological factors on mining operations 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held geology knowledge
- already held maintain plans of a mining site skill
- already held monitor mine production skill
- already held schedule mine production skill
- already held use mine planning software skill
- already held evaluate mine development projects skill
- already held mine safety legislation knowledge
- already held minerals laws knowledge
- already held monitor mine costs skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
17 held skills the mine planning engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on mine production skill
- not needed by the target role communicate mine equipment information skill
- not needed by the target role develop working procedures skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate mineral resources skill
- 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 maintain records of mining operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage heavy equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage mine site data skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role optimise financial performance skill
- not needed by the target role oversee mine planning activities skill
- not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
- not needed by the target role supervise mine construction operations skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role write production reports 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
- required, not held mining engineering 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.