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

mining equipment mechanictomining electrician

A mining equipment mechanic already meets 67% of what the mining electrician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mining equipment mechanic
67%
Overlap1
To mining electrician
10 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
31.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

67%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

31.2/ 100

1 Share of the mining electrician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mining equipment mechanic 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 mining electrician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a mining equipment mechanic already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate mine equipment information
  • conduct inter-shift communication
  • electricity
  • maintain records of mining operations
  • report mine machinery repairs
  • test mine equipment

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mining electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mining equipment mechanic background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held test mine equipment information skills
  • already held train operators in using mine machinery communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held report mine machinery repairs information skills
  • already held communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain records of mining operations information skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the mining electrician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 5 missing skills fall into 2 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electrical mine machinery manuals required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held install electrical mining machinery required
  • required, not held maintain electrical mine machinery required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mining electrician 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate mine equipment information skill
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held maintain records of mining operations skill
  • already held report mine machinery repairs skill
  • already held test mine equipment skill
  • already held train operators in using mine machinery skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
5 held skills the mining electrician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role install mining machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret mechanical mine machinery manuals skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mine machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role weld mining machinery 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held electrical mine machinery manuals required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from mining equipment mechanic

Full index of moves from mining equipment mechanic

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.