Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

mine surveying techniciantodewatering technician

A mine surveying technician already meets 21% of what the dewatering technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mine surveying technician
21%
Overlap1
To dewatering technician
3 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
67.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.3/ 100

1 Share of the dewatering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine surveying technician 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

Why this move works

A dewatering technician role treats 2 of its required skills as things a mine surveying technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • maintain records of mining operations
  • work ergonomically

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dewatering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine surveying technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
  • already held work ergonomically assisting and caring
  • already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity

All 3 carried skills, including the 2 the dewatering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage storage tanks required
  • required, not held manage sumps required
  • optional, not held operate sumps optional
  • optional, not held operate vacuum dewatering system optional
  • optional, not held operate pumps optional
02 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held collect samples required
  • required, not held treat contaminated water required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
  • optional, not held conduct inter-shift communication optional
  • optional, not held write production reports optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held chemistry required
  • optional, not held biology optional
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held weld mining machinery optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held collect geological data optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dewatering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held maintain records of mining operations skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held train employees skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held collect geological data optional
  • optional, not held conduct inter-shift communication optional
  • optional, not held operate sumps optional
  • optional, not held operate vacuum dewatering system optional
  • optional, not held weld mining machinery optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held operate pumps optional
  • optional, not held write production reports optional
12 held skills the dewatering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role compare survey computations skill
  • not needed by the target role delineate mine area skill
  • not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify GIS issues skill
  • not needed by the target role impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition skill
  • not needed by the target role operate surveying instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role perform surveying calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role record survey data skill
  • not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held chemistry required
  • optional, not held biology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from mine surveying technician

Full index of moves from mine surveying technician

Note

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.