Occupation Atlassurface mine plant operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b5b8c259-7557-4f5f-9f56-155b038946c1
surface mine plant operator
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.
Compare with another occupationCompare with underground heavy equipment operator
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.97
- C Conventional4.07
- I Investigative2.50
- E Enterprising1.34
- S Social1.04
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Continuous Mining Machine Operators (47-5041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (13)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- address problems critically
- communicate mine equipment information
- conduct inter-shift communication
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- excavation techniques
- impact of geological factors on mining operations
- inspect heavy surface mining equipment
- make independent operating decisions
- mechanics
- operate mining tools
- perform minor repairs to equipment
- react to events in time-critical environments
- troubleshoot
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 13 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
underground heavy equipment operator
11 shared · 3 more of its ownoperate mining tools, communicate mine equipment information, conduct inter-shift communication, deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
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surface miner
6 shared · 3 more of its ownoperate mining tools, excavation techniques, impact of geological factors on mining operations, perform minor repairs to equipment
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underground miner
5 shared · 4 more of its ownoperate mining tools, impact of geological factors on mining operations, perform minor repairs to equipment, address problems critically
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mining assistant
5 shared · 5 more of its ownconduct inter-shift communication, excavation techniques, perform minor repairs to equipment, address problems critically
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mine safety officer
5 shared · 11 more of its ownconduct inter-shift communication, deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances, impact of geological factors on mining operations, address problems critically
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mine development engineer
5 shared · 20 more of its owndeal with pressure from unexpected circumstances, impact of geological factors on mining operations, make independent operating decisions, address problems critically
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mining equipment mechanic
4 shared · 7 more of its owncommunicate mine equipment information, conduct inter-shift communication, mechanics, troubleshoot
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mineral processing operator
3 shared · 6 more of its ownconduct inter-shift communication, deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances, troubleshoot
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