Career prospects for a Mining Engineer

Career prospects for a Mining Engineer

I am in 11th standard and I want to go for mining engineering after 12th. What are the specialization fields in this career? Also tell me the job prospects in this career in India.

Mining engineering offers various specialization fields like Ventilation, Rock Mechanics, Mine Planning, Materials Handling, Drilling and Blasting, Minerals Processing, Ore Reserve Analysis, Industrial Management, Mine Cost Engineering, Mine Health and Safety, Environmental Aspects of Mining, and Design of Engineering Structures.

Mining engineering is one amongst the most well-paid career options that has great prospect for growth opportunities in India. Right after a graduation degree, you can look for jobs in various fields of mining like operations, sales, management and engineering. Two of the industries largely seeking mining engineers are Mines & Minerals Development Corporation and Mining Department of Union and State Government and these jobs are definitely the well-paid ones. You can also work as consulting engineer, rock engineering, mining manager and mine designer. Woking with geologists to research and measure new ore deposits or work on innovative mining measures and techniques is another option for mining engineers. Teaching is also an option after mining engineering.

You can look for jobs as lecturer, senior mining engineer, short term mine planner, mining safety engineer, coal preparation plant manager, mine health specialist, process plant maintenance foreman, and extraction maintenance superintendent. Good luck!