How to become a Mining Engineer, Metallurgist or Related Professional

Official title: Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Related Professionals

Plans and designs the extraction of ores, water, oil, gas and other minerals, or researches and develops new alloys and other materials and products.

Main tasks

• Decide extraction sites, mining methods and the type of machinery to use, and assess whether a mining plan will be profitable
• Decide drilling sites, design control methods for water, oil or gas wells, and plan storage, initial processing and transport
• Set safety standards, procedures and first aid facilities for mining operations
• Research and develop methods of extracting metals from ores, and advise on their use
• Study the properties of metals and alloys, develop new alloys, and advise on methods of manufacturing and processing metals and alloys

Ways in

• University department: Engineering degrees, Offered by 93 universities in Taiwan
• Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional mining or metallurgical engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 採礦工程技師、冶金工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 4.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$1,283,000 a year
• Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Industrial and Production Engineers
• Civil Engineers
• Environmental Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Chemical Engineers
• Other Engineering Professionals

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Mining Engineer, Metallurgist or Related Professional?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees.

How much does a Mining Engineer, Metallurgist or Related Professional earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$1,283,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Mining Engineer, Metallurgist or Related Professional a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Mining Engineer, Metallurgist or Related Professional?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026