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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
86 skills listed by ESCO, 54 of them essential. 86 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 86, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| address problems critically | skill | essential | 3 |
| alloys of precious metals | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| analyse experimental laboratory data | skill | essential | 3 |
| analyse test data | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply health and safety standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply safety procedures in laboratory | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist blood sample collection | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist employee health programmes | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect samples | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| compare survey computations | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct drug abuse tests | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct field work | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct inter-shift communication | skill | essential | 3 |
| corrosion types | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances | skill | essential | 3 |
| delineate mine area | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with safety legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| environmental legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| ferrous metal processing | skill | essential | 3 |
| geology | skill | essential | 3 |
| health and safety in the workplace | skill | essential | 3 |
| impact of geological factors on mining operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect mine safety conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
| install rock movement monitoring devices | skill | essential | 3 |
| interpret extraction data | skill | essential | 3 |
| investigate mine accidents | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain desalination control system | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain laboratory equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain records of mining operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage desalination control system | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage emergency procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| metal drawing processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| mine safety legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor employee's health | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor equipment condition | skill | essential | 3 |
| non-ferrous metal processing | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate surveying instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform sample testing | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform surveying calculations | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform water testing procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform water treatment procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| precious metal processing | skill | essential | 3 |
| precious metals | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare samples for testing | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare scientific reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| present reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| record survey data | skill | essential | 3 |
| record test data | skill | essential | 3 |
| test raw minerals | skill | essential | 3 |
| train employees in mine safety | skill | essential | 3 |
| troubleshoot | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of metal | skill | essential | 3 |
| work ergonomically | skill | essential | 3 |
| write work-related reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| advise on construction materials | skill | desirable | 2 |
| biofilter systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| chemical processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| chemical technologies in metal manufacture | skill | desirable | 2 |
| chemistry | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| communicate on the environmental impact of mining | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct metallurgical structural analysis | skill | desirable | 2 |
| determine characteristics of mineral deposits | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop alternative mining methods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| electricity | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ensure compliance with environmental legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| excavation techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| geographic information systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| health and safety hazards underground | skill | desirable | 2 |
| identify GIS issues | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| innovation processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain cores | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manipulate metal | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mathematics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mechanics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| metal and metal ore products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor geotechnical structures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| negotiate land access | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform minor repairs to equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| physics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plan geotechnical investigations in the field | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare geological map sections | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report analysis results | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| separate metals from ores | skill | desirable | 2 |
| solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools | skill | desirable | 2 |
| test construction material samples | skill | desirable | 2 |
| train employees | skill | desirable | 2 |