Skills in high demand within the industry include risk management and occupational health and safety.
Industry-specific skill demand
The most in-demand skills are risk management, occupational health and safety and general finance. Communication, initiative and leadership, and personal attributes (e.g. right attitude/mindset) are also important, with over 70 per cent of job advertisements within the industry mentioning one or more of these skills.
Most mentioned industry-specific skills in 2024 as a share of job advertisements
Industry-specific skill | Share of job ads |
|---|---|
Risk management | 13.7% |
Occupational health and | 13.3% |
General finance | 12.0% |
Data analysis | 11.7% |
General accounting | 9.5% |
Auditing | 9.4% |
Business solutions | 8.8% |
Financial management | 7.4% |
Financial analysis | 6.5% |
Investment management | 5.0% |
Growing skills mentions within industry
Skills increasingly being mentioned in job advertisements within the mining industry are manufacturing processes, machinery and mining engineering.
Note: these exclude industry-specific skills already identified as being in high demand
Growing skills as a percentage point difference in job advertisement mentions from 2019 to 2024
Industry-specific skill | Percentage of job ad mentions in 2019 | Percentage of job ad mentions in 2024 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
Manufacturing processes | 4.7% | 20.4% | 15.7% |
Machinery | 2.3% | 12.2% | 9.9% |
Mining engineering | 10.2% | 19.0% | 8.9% |
Earth and space science | 6.2% | 12.9% | 6.7% |
Rehabilitation | 2.3% | 8.8% | 6.5% |
Automation engineering | 3.9% | 10.2% | 6.3% |
Civil and architectural engineering | 2.3% | 8.2% | 5.8% |
Power tools | 0.0% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
Human resources management and planning | 0.8% | 5.4% | 4.7% |
Performance management | 0.8% | 5.4% | 4.7% |
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