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Overview
Mine safety officers monitor safety conditions, report workplace accidents, compile accident statistics and assess risks to miners’ health and safety.
In job descriptions, look for mine inspections, safety legislation, accident investigation, risk assessment, inter-shift communication, emergency procedures and underground hazard knowledge.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Mine safety officers spend time in inspections, incident follow-up, risk records and conversations with crews and managers. The work connects safety rules with the actual conditions underground or at the mine site.
Skills and specializations
Important strengths include critical assessment, mine safety legislation, accident reporting, risk estimation, inter-shift communication, emergency routines and attention to geological and underground hazards.
Salary context
Salary context depends on mine size, inspection scope, emergency responsibility, reporting load, technical risk knowledge and whether the role influences site-wide procedures. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Paths can move toward senior safety coordination, accident investigation, health and safety management, operational risk roles or specialist work on underground hazards.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the inspection area, authority to stop unsafe work, accident-reporting expectations and the balance between field presence and statistics or documentation.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
MINING AND QUARRYING
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include mine surveying technician and mine shift manager.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
19-5011.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETOccupational Health and Safety Technicians
19-5012.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
BMINING AND QUARRYING
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Mining and metallurgical technicians (3117)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f83f19ca-b816-484a-b8be-92b7785121ea |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3117.4 |
| ISCO group | 3117 |
| Concept type | Occupation |