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

surface mine plant operatortounderground heavy equipment operator

A surface mine plant operator already meets 61% of what the underground heavy equipment operator role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From surface mine plant operator
61%
Overlap1
To underground heavy equipment operator
13 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
43.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.1/ 100

1 Share of the underground heavy equipment operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the surface mine plant operator 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 underground heavy equipment operator role treats 11 of its required skills as things a surface mine plant operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • communicate mine equipment information
  • conduct inter-shift communication
  • deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations
  • make independent operating decisions

What stands in the way is 3 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A underground heavy equipment operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a surface mine plant operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate shotcreter working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate mining tools handling and moving
  • already held communicate mine equipment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the underground heavy equipment operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held inspect heavy underground mining machinery required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electricity required
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety hazards underground required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 12 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate LHD optional
  • optional, not held operate continuous miner optional
  • optional, not held operate longwall mining equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate powered roof support optional
  • optional, not held operate production drilling machine optional
  • optional, not held operate roof bolter optional
  • optional, not held operate scaler optional
  • optional, not held operate shuttle car optional
  • optional, not held operate a range of underground mining equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate drilling jumbo optional
  • optional, not held operate hydraulic pumps optional
  • optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a underground heavy equipment operator 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held communicate mine equipment information skill
  • already held conduct inter-shift communication skill
  • already held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held make independent operating decisions skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate mining tools skill
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
  • already held react to events in time-critical environments skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held operate shotcreter skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate LHD optional
  • optional, not held operate continuous miner optional
  • optional, not held operate longwall mining equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate powered roof support optional
  • optional, not held operate production drilling machine optional
  • optional, not held operate roof bolter optional
  • optional, not held operate scaler optional
  • optional, not held operate shuttle car optional
  • optional, not held operate a range of underground mining equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate drilling equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate drilling jumbo optional
  • optional, not held operate hydraulic pumps optional
  • optional, not held operate tunnelling machine optional
11 held skills the underground heavy equipment operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
  • not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role excavation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect heavy surface mining equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate bucket wheel excavator skill
  • not needed by the target role operate bulldozer skill
  • not needed by the target role operate dragline skill
  • not needed by the target role operate dump truck skill
  • not needed by the target role operate excavator skill
  • not needed by the target role operate front loader skill
  • not needed by the target role operate spreader 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held electricity required
  • required, not held health and safety hazards underground required
Index

Other moves recorded from surface mine plant operator

Full index of moves from surface mine plant operator

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.