From underground heavy equipment operator to surface mine plant operator
11 of the 13 essential skills of a surface mine plant operator are already essential for a underground heavy equipment operator — about 85% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from underground heavy equipment operator in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 2
- would be new
- 85%
- of the target job covered
- 13
- essential skills of a surface mine plant operator
What a surface mine plant operator does
Surface mine plant operators control heavy-duty equipment such as excavators and dump trucks, often involving a high level of spatial awareness, to excavate, load and transport ore, raw mineral including sand, stone and clay and overburden at quarries and surface mines.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- 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
- mechanics
- operate mining tools
- perform minor repairs to equipment
- react to events in time-critical environments
- troubleshoot
What would be new
2 skillsEssential for a surface mine plant operator and not for a underground heavy equipment operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
← underground heavy equipment operatorsurface mine plant operator →The other way round
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How far are you from being a surface mine plant operator?
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