Exploration Manager
What the work is
Plans, implements, leads and manages geological exploration programs for an organisation to identify, examine and evaluate economically viable resources.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Develops, implements, executes and manages exploration programs, strategies and plans in alignment with organisational objectives
- Ensures exploration programs comply with safety, quality control and other industry best practices
- Assesses geological and technical data to evaluate exploration targets and prioritise exploration activities
- Assesses, evaluates and guides decision-making on the lease or acquisition of potential resource sites
- Provides leadership and manages exploration geology teams
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the environment team of a fictional dairy processing plant beside a river. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A year of careful monitoring shows the river downstream is healthier than before
- A plant manager asks your advice before making a change, not after
- A young scientist on your team spots a pattern in the data that nobody else noticed
Hard days
- A reading creeps toward a limit on the busiest week of the year
- Telling a production manager that a good idea cannot go ahead as planned
- Reporting to a regulator while the facts are still being worked out
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 149332, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.