wood technology engineertoenvironmental mining engineer
A wood technology engineer already meets 46% of what the environmental mining engineer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
46%
54.9/ 100
1 Share of the environmental mining engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wood technology engineer 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 environmental mining engineer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a wood technology engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- civil engineering
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
What stands in the way is 11 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental mining engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wood technology engineer background worth leading with.
- already held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation assisting and caring
- already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use technical drawing software working with computers
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation assisting and caring
All 11 carried skills, including the 11 the environmental mining engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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 on minerals issues required
- required, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held prepare scientific reports required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- required, not held develop environmental policy required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held develop mine rehabilitation plan optional
- required, not held assess environmental impact required
- required, not held manage environmental impact required
- required, not held chemistry required
- optional, not held biology optional
- required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
- optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a environmental mining engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate on minerals issues skill · sector specific
- 02 communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain records of mining operations 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held civil engineering knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop mine rehabilitation plan optional
- optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
41 held skills the environmental mining engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on wood products skill
- not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role check durability of wood materials skill
- not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry of wood knowledge
- not needed by the target role construction products knowledge
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role distinguish wood quality skill
- not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify hazards in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role inspect building systems skill
- not needed by the target role inspect wood materials skill
- not needed by the target role logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage timber stocks skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate wood skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role meet contract specifications skill
- not needed by the target role monitor production developments skill
- not needed by the target role oversee construction project skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role paper chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role paper production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role plan engineering activities skill
- not needed by the target role plan product management skill
- not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role study prices of wood products skill
- not needed by the target role timber products knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of pulp knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of wood knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
- not needed by the target role wood cuts knowledge
- not needed by the target role wood moisture content knowledge
- not needed by the target role wood products knowledge
- not needed by the target role woodworking processes knowledge
1 further entry not listed here
3 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 chemistry required
- optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
- optional, not held biology optional
Other moves recorded from wood technology engineer
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.