Required skills communication skills to: consult effectively with clients and colleagues impart knowledge and ideas through oral, written and visual means initiative and enterprise skills to: manage information interpret project requirements and translate them into design literacy skills to: assess, develop and use workplace information read and write key performance reports, including technical reports research and evaluate to source surveying and spatial information services educational information numeracy skills to: analyse errors conduct image analysis estimate costs interpret and analyse statistics perform mental calculations record with accuracy and precision undertake high level computations organisational skills to: plan and coordinate technical and human resource inputs to research activities plan and prioritise activities to meet contractual requirements project-management skills to: plan underground mine activity coordinate, conduct and monitor activity according to specifications document action taken spatial skills to: exercise precision and accuracy in relation to underground mine surveying archive and retrieve spatial data manage and manipulate spatial data manage files solve complex problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation technology skills to: use computers to develop surveying documentation use instruments when conducting underground mine surveys Required knowledge abilities of work teams accuracy and precision requirements data capture and data set out calibration of specialised surveying equipment concept of mining in terms of the objectives, types, classifications and purpose data formats data management data reduction and manipulation techniques development of headings in underground mining operations economic significance of mining in terms of domestic and international markets and global technological demands engineering-related tasks and associated computations guidelines of projects industry standards legislative, statutory and industry requirements and standards limitations of the guidelines relating to equipment, measuring and analysis mineral exploration methods: geophysical, geochemical and geological techniques mining methods for metalliferous and coal mines mining technology revolution organisational policies and guidelines, such as OHS guidelines phases and stages of exploration procedure and possible methods of exploration relevant to each planning and control processes processes and procedures involved in undertaking exploration of mineral deposits project review procedures safe work practices scope of mining in terms of cultural, economical and social significance spatial reference systems surveying equipment for data capture surveying reference systems terminology and nomenclature applicable to mining |