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A mine surveying technician already meets 38% of what the mine surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
38%
58.2/ 100
1 Share of the mine surveyor 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 this move works
A mine surveyor role treats 6 of its required skills as things a mine surveying technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- geographic information systems
- identify GIS issues
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- maintain records of mining operations
- mathematics
- perform surveying calculations
What stands in the way is 10 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 surveyor 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.
- already held delineate mine area information skills
- already held identify GIS issues working with computers
- already held perform surveying calculations information skills
- already held operate surveying instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain records of mining operations information skills
- already held health and safety hazards underground services
All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the mine surveyor role treats as required.
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.
- required, not held maintain plans of a mining site required
- required, not held manage mine site data required
- required, not held create GIS reports required
- required, not held process collected survey data required
- required, not held prepare scientific reports required
- required, not held present reports required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held negotiate land access optional
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- required, not held create thematic maps required
- optional, not held dimension stone optional
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- optional, not held minerals laws optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine surveyor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain plans of a mining site skill · sector specific
- 02 manage mine site data skill · sector specific
- 03 create GIS reports skill · cross sector
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 geographic information systems knowledge
- already held identify GIS issues skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held delineate mine area skill
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dimension stone optional
- optional, not held minerals laws optional
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
- optional, not held negotiate land access optional
6 held skills the mine surveyor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role compare survey computations skill
- not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition 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
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically 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.
- optional, not held dimension stone optional
- optional, not held minerals laws optional
- optional, not held mining engineering optional
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.