underground minertosurface mine plant operator
A underground miner already meets 42% of what the surface mine plant operator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
57.3/ 100
1 Share of the surface mine plant operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the underground 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 this move works
A surface mine plant operator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a underground miner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- mechanics
- operate mining tools
- perform minor repairs to equipment
- react to events in time-critical environments
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 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 miner background worth leading with.
- already held operate mining tools handling and moving
- 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
- already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the surface mine plant operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- 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
- required, not held inspect heavy surface mining equipment required
- required, not held excavation techniques required
- required, not held make independent operating decisions required
- 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 operate shotcreter optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
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.
- 01 communicate mine equipment information skill · sector specific
- 02 conduct inter-shift communication skill · sector specific
- 03 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- 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
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 operate shotcreter optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
7 held skills the surface mine plant operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate a range of underground mining equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic pumps skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically 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.
- required, not held excavation techniques required
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.