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

surface minertosurface mine plant operator

A surface miner already meets 52% of what the surface mine plant operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From surface miner
52%
Overlap1
To surface mine plant operator
10 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
48.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.8/ 100

1 Share of the surface mine plant operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the surface miner 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 surface mine plant operator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a surface miner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • excavation techniques
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations
  • mechanics
  • operate mining tools
  • perform minor repairs to equipment

What stands in the way is 5 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 surface mine plant operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a surface miner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate front loader working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate mining tools handling and moving
  • already held excavation techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the surface mine plant operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held communicate mine equipment information required
  • required, not held conduct inter-shift communication required
  • required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
02 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held inspect heavy surface mining equipment required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held make independent operating decisions required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate dragline optional
  • optional, not held operate dump truck optional
  • optional, not held operate spreader optional
  • optional, not held drive agricultural machines optional
  • optional, not held operate bucket wheel excavator optional
  • optional, not held operate bulldozer optional
  • optional, not held operate excavator optional
  • optional, not held operate shotcreter optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a surface mine plant 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held excavation techniques knowledge
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • 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 drive vehicles skill
  • already held operate front loader skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate dragline optional
  • optional, not held operate dump truck optional
  • optional, not held operate spreader optional
  • optional, not held drive agricultural machines optional
  • optional, not held operate bucket wheel excavator optional
  • optional, not held operate bulldozer optional
  • optional, not held operate excavator optional
  • optional, not held operate shotcreter optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
4 held skills the surface mine plant operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate hydraulic pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
Index

Other moves recorded from surface miner

Full index of moves from surface miner

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.