Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a beer sommelier can go next

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

Beer sommeliers understand and advise on styles, brewing and best pairing of beers with foods in locations such as restaurants, breweries and shops. They know all about their ingredients, the history of the beers, glassware and draught systems. They prepare beer tastings, consult companies and customers, evaluate beer products and write about this subject.

Service and sales workers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: wine sommelier, 35%

wine sommelier 35% covered coffee taster 31% covered wine fermenter 29% covered botanicals specialist 28% covered cider fermentation operator 26% covered beer sommelier You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from beer sommelier. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a beer sommelier already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a beer sommelier already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.