oil and gas production managertomineral processing engineer
A oil and gas production manager already meets 42% of what the mineral processing engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
55.9/ 100
1 Share of the mineral processing engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the oil and gas production manager 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 mineral processing engineer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a oil and gas production manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- chemistry
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geology
- prepare scientific reports
- supervise staff
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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mineral processing engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a oil and gas production manager background worth leading with.
- already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
- already held supervise staff management skills
- already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the mineral processing engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 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 manage mineral testing procedures required
- required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
- required, not held monitor mine production required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining optional
- optional, not held develop new installations optional
- required, not held organize chemical reagents required
- required, not held manage mineral processing plant required
- optional, not held design plant waste procedures optional
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mineral processing engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage mineral processing plant skill · occupation specific
- 02 manage mineral testing procedures skill · occupation specific
- 03 maintain records of mining operations skill · 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held geology knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held bioleaching optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held bioleaching optional
- optional, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining optional
- optional, not held design plant waste procedures optional
- optional, not held develop new installations optional
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
- optional, not held mine dump design optional
33 held skills the mineral processing engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
- not needed by the target role assess potential oil yield skill
- not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role fossil fuels knowledge
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role gas market knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
- not needed by the target role inform on workplace safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role interpret extraction data skill
- not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with well test engineers skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage heavy equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage medium term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor extraction logging operations skill
- not needed by the target role natural gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role oil rig legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan medium to long term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role prepare extraction proposals skill
- not needed by the target role prepare well formation evaluation programmes skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role provide petroleum engineering support skill
- not needed by the target role report on production results skill
- not needed by the target role report well results skill
- not needed by the target role supervise worker safety skill
- not needed by the target role think proactively skill
- not needed by the target role well testing operations knowledge
- 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.
- optional, not held bioleaching optional
- optional, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations optional
Other moves recorded from oil and gas production manager
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.