mine surveyortomine surveying technician
A mine surveyor already meets 55% of what the mine surveying technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
38.3/ 100
1 Share of the mine surveying technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mine surveyor 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 surveying technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a mine surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- delineate mine area
- maintain records of mining operations
- operate surveying instruments
- perform surveying calculations
What stands in the way is 4 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 surveying technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mine surveyor 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 4 the mine surveying technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 5 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 compare survey computations required
- required, not held record survey data required
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- required, not held monitor equipment condition required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mine surveying technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 compare survey computations skill · sector specific
- 02 record survey data skill · sector specific
- 03 monitor equipment condition 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 delineate mine area skill
- already held maintain records of mining operations skill
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- already held identify GIS issues skill
- already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
14 held skills the mine surveying technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role create GIS reports skill
- not needed by the target role create thematic maps skill
- not needed by the target role dimension stone knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain plans of a mining site skill
- not needed by the target role manage mine site data skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role minerals laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role mining engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate land access skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role process collected survey data skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
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.