Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as beer selection advisor, beer advisor.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from beer sommelier, 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 beer sommelier already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A beer sommelier needs 16 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
  • apply extensive study of beer styles information skills
  • consult on beer presentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • pair beer with food assisting and caring
  • beer downstream processing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • advise on beer production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • brewhouse processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • describe the flavour of different beers information skills
  • variety of beers engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ingredients for beer production engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • fermentation processes of beverages engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a beer sommelier’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.