Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Tasks Include:
- Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
- Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
- Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
- Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
- Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
- Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.
- Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.
- Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
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Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +6.4%
National: +2.7%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$97,490.00
State
$101,550.00
Regional
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Description
Career Cluster: | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics |
Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 79.05%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 16.69%
- Master's Degree = 2.98%
- Some College Courses = 0.64%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 0.64%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 25.59%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 21.56%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 19.39%
- Over 10 years = 19.36%
- None = 9.08%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.65%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.37%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 34.78%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 32.20%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.67%
- None = 9.37%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.08%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.96%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 1.30%
- Over 10 years = 0.64%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 36.89%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 20.80%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.37%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 9.37%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.08%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 7.32%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.30%
- None or short demonstration = 1.24%
- Over 10 years = 0.64%
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
- Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
- Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
- Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
- Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
- Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.
- Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.
- Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices.
- Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.
- Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions.
- Select or devise materials-handling methods and equipment to transport ore, waste materials, and mineral products efficiently and economically.
- Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.
- Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.
- Evaluate data to develop new mining products, equipment, or processes.
- Conduct or direct mining experiments to test or prove research findings.
- Design mining and mineral treatment equipment and machinery in collaboration with other engineering specialists.
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Calculators or accessories (Calculators)
- Clinometers
- Plotter printers (Color plotting printers)
- Gas detectors (Combustible gas detectors)
- Scanners (Computer scanners)
- Desktop computers
- Plotter printers (Digital plotters)
- Geological compasses (Directional compasses)
- Hammers (Geological hammers)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Personal computers
- Geological compasses (Stratum compasses)
- High capacity removable media drives (Universal serial bus USB flash drives)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Gemcom PCBC
- Gemcom Surpac
- Gemcom Whittle
- GEO-SLOPE GeoStudio
- Hellman & Schofield MP3
- Maptek Vulcan
- Mintec MineSight software
- Modular Mining Systems DISPATCH software
- Ohio Automation Integrated Computer Aided Mine Planning System ICAMPS
- Overland Conveyor Belt Analyst
- Runge XPAC software
- Schlumberger PIPESIM
- Statistical software
- Trimble Geomatics Office
- Ventsim
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Carlson SurvCADD
- Promine
- Data base user interface and query software
- GijimaAst Mining Solutions International Mine2-4D
- Microsoft Access
- Mincom MineScape
- Minemax iGantt
- Financial analysis software
- Runge XERAS software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software
- Microsoft Project
- Primavera Systems software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Special Requirements
Required Fees:
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/SSWPG/#Education_and_Exams
For More Information, Contact:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation – Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists
Phone: (80.4) .8514
Fax: (86.6) .6206
http://
[email protected]
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Additional Resources
For general information about mining engineers contact:
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc.
P.O. Box 625002
Littleton, CO 80162-5002
http://www.smenet.org
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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86.75 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
86.00 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
64.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
64.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
64.00 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
59.25 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
57.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
56.25 | Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes. |
55.00 | Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
53.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
75.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
72.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
68.75 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
68.75 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
68.75 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
68.75 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
62.50 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
62.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
62.50 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
59.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
53.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
53.00 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
50.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
50.00 | Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
50.00 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
75.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
75.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
75.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
72.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
72.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
72.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
62.50 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
59.50 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
59.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
59.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
92.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
87.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
85.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
82.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
82.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
81.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
79.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
78.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
77.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
76.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
76.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
74.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
74.25 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
71.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
71.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
69.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
66.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
66.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
64.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
63.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
63.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
63.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
61.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
60.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
56.50 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
55.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
54.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
53.50 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
50.25 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
91.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
83.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
79.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
78.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
77.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
75.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
73.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
72.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
70.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
65.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
65.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
64.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
59.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
53.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
80.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
77.83 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
72.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
66.67 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
66.67 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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98.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
95.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
86.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
84.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
84.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
83.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
83.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
81.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
80.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
79.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
77.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
74.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
73.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
73.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
71.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
70.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
69.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
68.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
66.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
65.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
64.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
64.20 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
64.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
63.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
61.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
58.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
58.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
57.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
56.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
54.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
54.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
52.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
50.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $55,460.00 | $97,490.00 | $121,990.00 |
Virginia | $81,700.00 | $101,550.00 | $118,570.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $83,151.69 | $110,459.43 | $121,940.38 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $85,064.49 | $105,828.01 | $118,305.85 |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 7,500 | 7,700 | +2.7% |
Virginia | 171 | 182 | +6.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
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- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Titles
- Civil Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Exploration Engineer
- Exploration Geologist
- Geological Engineer
- Geologist
- Geophysical Engineer
- Mine Analyst
- Mine Development Engineer
- Mine Engineer
- Mine Engineering Manager
- Mine Engineering Superintendent
- Mine Engineering Supervisor
- Mine Environmental Engineer
- Mine Equipment Design Engineer
- Mine Expert
- Mine Exploration Engineer
- Mine Inspector
- Mine Manager
- Mine Production Engineer
- Mine Safety Director
- Mine Safety Engineer
- Mine Safety Manager
- Mineral Engineer
- Mining and Oil Field Equipment Design Engineer
- Mining and Oil Field Equipment Test Engineer
- Mining and Oil Well Equipment Research Engineer
- Mining Consultant
- Mining Engineer
- Ore Dressing Engineer
- Planning Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Safety Analyst
- Safety Director
- Safety Engineer
- Safety Inspector
- Safety Representative
- Safety Supervisor
- Seismic Engineer
- Surveyor
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Related Schools
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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