Where a chilling operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a chilling operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Chilling operators perform various processes and tend specific machines for manufacturing prepared meals and dishes. They apply chilling, sealing, and freezing methods to foodstuffs for non-immediate consumption.
Also known as prepared meals operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: blender operator, 47%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A chilling operator 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.
- manufacture prepared meals handling and moving
- manufacturing of different chilled prepared meals engineering, manufacturing and construction
- monitor freezing processes information skills
- food canning production line engineering, manufacturing and construction
- maintain food specifications information skills
- apply preservation treatments handling and moving
- ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain assisting and caring
- label foodstuffs handling and moving
- weigh materials information skills
- administer ingredients in food production working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a chilling operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- food production operator 68% covered · difficulty 39.6
- industrial cook 63% covered · difficulty 44.5
- fish canning operator 53% covered · difficulty 52.9
- fish preparation operator 47% covered · difficulty 58.9
- sauce production operator 45% covered · difficulty 60.4
- prepared meals nutritionist 39% covered · difficulty 65.8
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Chilling operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a chilling operator’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.