Skills Required
- Design open-pit and underground mines
- Supervise the making and construction of mine shafts and tunnels in underground operation area fields.
- Devise methods for transporting minerals to processing plants
- Prepare technical reports for miners, engineers, and managers
- Monitor production to assess the effectiveness of operations.provide solutions to the problems related to land reclamation, water and to the air pollution and its sustainability.
- Ensure that mining operations are safe and sound with the environment.
Mining engineers and geological engineers should also possess the following specific qualities:
- Decision-making skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical-thinking skills
- Math skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Writing skills