How do they match: Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

  • Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions.
  • Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
  • Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.
  • Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
  • Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
  • 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.
  • Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.

  • Determine operational methods.
  • Estimate operational costs.
  • Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
  • Prepare operational reports.
  • Research industrial processes or operations.
  • Resolve operational performance problems.
  • Schedule operational activities.
  • Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.
  • Train personnel on proper operational procedures.