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

petroleum engineertomine ventilation engineer

A petroleum engineer already meets 29% of what the mine ventilation engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From petroleum engineer
29%
Overlap1
To mine ventilation engineer
5 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
63.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.7/ 100

1 Share of the mine ventilation engineer 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 ventilation engineer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a petroleum engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • prepare scientific reports
  • supervise staff
  • troubleshoot

What stands in the way is 8 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 ventilation engineer 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 address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the mine ventilation engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held mine safety legislation required
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • optional, not held mining engineering optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage mine ventilation required
  • optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
03 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use mine planning software required
  • optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held design ventilation network required
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held computational fluid dynamics required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mine ventilation engineer 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 prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held geology knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage emergency procedures required
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held mining engineering optional
  • optional, not held monitor mine costs optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
22 held skills the mine ventilation engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • 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 use reservoir surveillance skill
  • not needed by the target role well testing operations knowledge
8 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 mine safety legislation required
  • required, not held computational fluid dynamics required
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • optional, not held mining engineering optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
Index
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.