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

underground minertosurface miner

A underground miner already meets 78% of what the surface miner role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From underground miner
78%
Overlap1
To surface miner
11 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
19.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

78%

Learning distance Short step

19.4/ 100

1 Share of the surface miner 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

Why this move works

A surface miner 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
  • operate hydraulic pumps
  • operate mining tools
  • perform minor repairs to equipment
  • troubleshoot

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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A surface miner 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate mining tools handling and moving
  • already held operate hydraulic pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • 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 geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the surface miner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 3 missing skills fall into 2 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held drive vehicles required
  • optional, not held operate front loader optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held excavation techniques required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a surface miner 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held impact of geological factors on mining operations knowledge
  • already held operate hydraulic pumps skill
  • already held operate mining tools skill
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held react to events in time-critical environments skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate front loader optional
3 held skills the surface miner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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
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 miner

Full index of moves from underground 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.