2436 Mining Engineers
2436 Mining Engineers
Plan and direct the engineering aspects of locating and extracting minerals, petroleum and natural gas from the earth.
OSCA skill level
The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
- Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience
243631 Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)
Plans and directs the engineering aspects of locating and extracting minerals from the earth.
Registration or licensing may be required.
Drilling engineers (petroleum) are excluded from this occupation. Drilling engineers (petroleum) are included in Occupation 243632 Petroleum Engineer.
Specialisations
- Drill and Blast Engineer (Mining)
- Process Engineer (Mining)
Skill level: 1
Main tasks
- Plans and designs mining operations, including the location and layout of the mine development
- Researches and improves the efficiency and safety of mining methods and equipment
- Monitors and evaluates mining operations to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations
- Assesses mineral reserves and analyses production costs to determine the viability of mining projects
- Conducts geological surveys and analyses data to identify mineral deposits
- Optimises procedures to extract raw materials from the ground using blasting, drilling and other excavation methods
243632 Petroleum Engineer
Plans, develops and directs the engineering work in drilling, production and formation evaluation to achieve optimal exploration, development and extraction of oil and gas resources.
Registration or licensing may be required.
Drill and blast engineers (mining) are excluded from this occupation. Drill and blast engineers (mining) are included in Occupation 243631 Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum).
Specialisations
- Drilling Engineer (Petroleum)
- Reservoir Engineer
- Subsea Engineer (Oil and Gas)
Skill level: 1
Main tasks
- Plans, researches, designs and provides advice on engineering operations for the exploration, location and extraction of oil and gas
- Conducts studies to determine potential locations for drillings
- Uses computer models to determine ideal recovery processes, and simulate and predict reserve performance
- Analyses reservoir rock and fluid data to design optimum methods of controlling the flow of oil or gas from wells
- Monitors the evaluation of wells, well testing and well surveys