0724 - Mining and extraction

Nota de alcance

Mining and extraction is the study of assessing, planning, developing, and directing the extraction of minerals, oil and gas from the earth.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

  • Coal mining
  • Mineral technology
  • Mining of minerals
  • Oil and gas drilling
  • Oil and gas extraction
  • Raw material extraction

Excluye

Study of metallurgical engineering is excluded from this detailed field and included in 0715 'Mechanics and metal trades'.

Study of geology is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0532 'Earth sciences'.