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Overview
Mine ventilation engineers plan ventilation networks, manage ventilation equipment and coordinate designs with mine management, safety engineering and mine planning.
In job descriptions, look for ventilation network design, airflow modelling, technical drawings, underground hazards, emergency procedures, gas removal and compliance with mine safety rules.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Mine ventilation engineers work with airflow routes, fans, ducting, sensors, drawings and emergency assumptions. Their designs must support both routine production and safe response when conditions change underground.
Skills and specializations
Key strengths include ventilation network design, airflow modelling, technical drawing, troubleshooting, mine safety compliance, emergency procedures and coordination with planning and safety engineers.
Salary context
Salary context depends on engineering responsibility, underground complexity, design ownership, supervision duties, emergency planning and the technical tools used for modelling and drawings. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Paths can move toward senior mine engineering, ventilation design leadership, mine planning, safety engineering, technical consulting or site engineering management.
Good to know
A vacancy should state whether the work is design, operations support, emergency planning or full ventilation system ownership. Look for software, reporting and site-visit expectations.
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.
Engineering activities and related technical consultancy
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include mine mechanical engineer, industrial tool design engineer and agricultural engineer.
Explore this activityManufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Another occupation there is automotive engineer.
Explore this activityMining of coal and lignite
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include mining geotechnical engineer and environmental mining engineer.
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: 1
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
17-2151.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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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.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancy09Mining support service activities05Mining of coal and lignite07Mining of metal ores08Other mining and quarrying29.32Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Alternative labels
Occupation group
mechanical engineer (2144.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b3855886-bfee-4fd9-827e-2a0b6b4b4441 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2144.1.13 |
| ISCO group | 2144 |
| Concept type | Occupation |