Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a brewmaster can go next

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

Brewmasters ensure brewing quality of current products and create mixtures for the development of new products. For current products, they oversee the whole brewing process following one of many brewing processes. For new products, they develop new brewing formulas and processing techniques or modify existing ones as to come up with potential new products.

Also known as brewing manager, master brewer, beer production manager, brewery manager.

Professionals 76 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: malt master, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
malt master 66% covered beer sommelier 61% covered wine fermenter 55% covered cider master 51% covered brew house operator 50% covered brewmaster You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from brewmaster, 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 brewmaster 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 brewmaster needs 41 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
  • design beer recipes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • beer downstream processing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • develop beverage manufacturing procedures management skills
  • wort boiling process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • wort fining process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • yeast fermentation principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • advise on beer production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • brewhouse processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • grain-for-beverages milling process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • lautering process engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Brewmaster is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 brewmaster’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.