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

petroleum engineertomine geologist

A petroleum engineer already meets 29% of what the mine geologist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From petroleum engineer
29%
Overlap1
To mine geologist
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
69.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.1/ 100

1 Share of the mine geologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the petroleum engineer 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 mine geologist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a petroleum engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • chemistry
  • geology
  • prepare scientific reports
  • supervise staff

What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mine geologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a petroleum engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held supervise staff management skills
  • already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the mine geologist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on geology for mineral extraction required
  • required, not held advise on mining environmental issues required
  • required, not held communicate on minerals issues required
  • required, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining required
  • required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
  • required, not held provide information on geological characteristics required
  • optional, not held advise on mine development optional
  • optional, not held advise on mine equipment optional
  • optional, not held advise on mine production optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held determine characteristics of mineral deposits required
  • optional, not held maintain records of mining operations optional
  • optional, not held monitor mine production optional
  • optional, not held assess operating cost optional
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held plan mine operations required
  • optional, not held develop site remediation strategies optional
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use mine planning software required
05 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held logging optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held dimension stone optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine geologist 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on mine development optional
  • optional, not held advise on mine equipment optional
  • optional, not held advise on mine production optional
  • optional, not held develop site remediation strategies optional
  • optional, not held dimension stone optional
  • optional, not held logging optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of mining operations optional
  • optional, not held monitor mine production optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
  • optional, not held assess operating cost optional
22 held skills the mine geologist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role compile reservoir performance plans skill
  • not needed by the target role design well flow systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design well for petroleum production skill
  • not needed by the target role determine flow rate enhancement skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret extraction data skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with mine professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with well test engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fluid production in gas skill
  • not needed by the target role manage production fluid in oil production skill
  • not needed by the target role manage well interaction skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor extraction logging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor fuel storage tanks 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 provide petroleum engineering support skill
  • not needed by the target role report well results skill
  • not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise well operations skill
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
  • not needed by the target role use reservoir surveillance skill
  • not needed by the target role well testing operations knowledge
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
  • optional, not held dimension stone optional
  • optional, not held logging optional
Index

Other moves recorded from petroleum engineer

Full index of moves from petroleum engineer

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.