Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cacao bean roaster can go next

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

Cacao bean roasters set up and operate cacao processing equipment such as continuous roasters, crackers fanners, drying and grinding equipment.

Also known as cocoa processor, cocoa roaster, bean roaster, cocoa bean processor.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: coffee roaster, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
coffee roaster 79% covered kettle tender 51% covered cocoa press operator 50% covered malt kiln operator 48% covered dryer attendant 48% covered cacao bean roaster You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cacao bean roaster, 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 cacao bean roaster 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 cacao bean roaster needs 22 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
  • chemical reactions of roasting cacao beans natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • roasted cacao beans agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • taste cocoa beans information skills
  • screen cocoa beans information skills
  • tend fans for machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply different roasting methods handling and moving
  • operate industrial ovens working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain industrial ovens constructing
  • monitor roasting information skills
  • stand high temperatures assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Cacao bean roaster is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 cacao bean roaster’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.