该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 对矿石、矿物或煤矿床进行初步调查和研究，以评估潜在采矿作业的经济和环境可行性
• 确定安全有效地开采矿床的适当方法
• 确定适合采矿、建筑或拆除的钻孔和爆破方法并提出建议
• 设计竖井、通风系统、矿山服务、运输系统和支撑结构
• 设计、开发和实施计算机应用程序，例如矿山设计、矿山建模、测绘或监测矿山状况
• 与其他工程专家合作规划、设计或选择采矿设备和机械以及矿物处理机械和设备
• 规划、组织和监督矿山和矿山结构的开发以及矿山的运营和维护
• 准备运营和项目估算、时间表和报告
• 实施和协调矿山安全计划
• 监督和协调技术员、技师、测量人员以及其他工程师和科学家的工作。

• 需要采矿工程或相关工程学科的学士学位。
• 可能需要相关工程学科的硕士学位或博士学位。
• 批准工程图纸和报告以及作为专业工程师 (P.Eng.) 执业需要获得省或地区专业工程师协会的许可。
• 工程师在从认可的教育课程毕业后，并且在工程领域有三到四年的受监督工作经验并通过专业实践考试后，才有资格注册。

• 工程师通常在多学科环境中工作，并通过工作经验获取知识和技能，这可能使他们能够在科学、工程、销售、营销或管理等相关领域进行实践。
• 采矿工程师与地质学家、地质工程师、冶金工程师以及其他工程师和科学家密切合作，并且在某些专业领域之间可以流动。
• 本单元组的主管和高级职位需要经验。

• 工程管理人员（20010）
• 地质工程师（21331）
• 地球科学家和海洋学家 ( 21102)
• 冶金与材料工程师（21322）
• 矿山经理（80010 自然资源生产和渔业经理）
• 石油工程师（21332）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Conduct preliminary surveys and studies of ore, mineral or coal deposits to assess the economic and environmental feasibility of potential mining operations
• Determine the appropriate means of safely and efficiently mining deposits
• Determine and advise on appropriate drilling and blasting methods for mining, construction or demolition
• Design shafts, ventilation systems, mine services, haulage systems and supporting structures
• Design, develop and implement computer applications such as for mine design, mine modelling, mapping or for monitoring mine conditions
• Plan and design or select mining equipment and machinery and mineral treatment machinery and equipment in collaboration with other engineering specialists
• Plan, organize and supervise the development of mines and mine structures and the operation and maintenance of mines
• Prepare operations and project estimates, schedules and reports
• Implement and coordinate mine safety programs
• Supervise and coordinate the work of technicians, technologists, survey personnel, and other engineers and scientists.

• A bachelor's degree in mining engineering or in a related engineering discipline is required.
• A master's degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.
• Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
• Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.

• Engineers often work in a multidisciplinary environment and acquire knowledge and skills through work experience that may allow them to practise in associated areas of science, engineering, sales, marketing or management.
• Mining engineers work closely with geologists, geological engineers, metallurgical engineers, and other engineers and scientists, and mobility is possible between some fields of specialization.
• Supervisory and senior positions in this unit group require experience.

• Engineering managers (20010)
• Geological engineers (21331)
• Geoscientists and oceanographers (21102)
• Metallurgical and materials engineers (21322)
• Mine manager (in 80010 Managers in natural resources production and fishing)
• Petroleum engineers (21332)