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

underground heavy equipment operatortosurface mine plant operator

A underground heavy equipment operator already meets 69% of what the surface mine plant operator role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From underground heavy equipment operator
69%
Overlap1
To surface mine plant operator
13 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
33 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33/ 100

1 Share of the surface mine plant operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the underground heavy equipment 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 surface mine plant operator role treats 11 of its required skills as things a underground heavy equipment 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 2 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 surface mine plant operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a underground heavy equipment 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 surface mine plant operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 3 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 surface mining equipment required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held excavation techniques required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 9 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 front loader optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 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 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
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 front loader optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
16 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 health and safety hazards underground knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect heavy underground mining machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role operate LHD skill
  • not needed by the target role operate a range of underground mining equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate continuous miner skill
  • not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate drilling jumbo skill
  • not needed by the target role operate hydraulic pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role operate longwall mining equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate powered roof support skill
  • not needed by the target role operate production drilling machine skill
  • not needed by the target role operate roof bolter skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scaler skill
  • not needed by the target role operate shuttle car skill
  • not needed by the target role operate tunnelling machine skill
1 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 excavation techniques required
Index

Other moves recorded from underground heavy equipment operator

Full index of moves from underground heavy equipment 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.