Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a barista can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a barista already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Barista's prepare specialised types of coffee using professional equipment in a hospitality/coffee shop/bar unit.

Also known as coffee maker, coffee bartender, specialised coffee bartender, specialised bartender.

Service and sales workers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: quick service restaurant crew member, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
quick service restaurant crew… 46% covered hotel concierge 39% covered hotel butler 38% covered quick service restaurant team… 37% covered doorman/doorwoman 35% covered barista You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from barista, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a barista already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A barista needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • maintain equipment for non-alcoholic drinks constructing
  • set up the coffee area assisting and caring
  • prepare specialised coffee assisting and caring
  • present decorative drink displays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare hot drinks assisting and caring
  • handover the service area handling and moving
  • educate customers on tea varieties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • execute opening and closing procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • take food and beverage orders from customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • educate customers on coffee varieties communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a barista does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Barista is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a barista’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.