Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cigar inspector can go next

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

Cigar inspectors test, sort, sample and weigh cigars in order to find defects and deviations from the product's specifications.

Also known as cigar checker, cigar examiner, tobacco products inspector, cigar quality checker, cigar product tester, cigar product checker, cigar sampler, cigar packing inspector, cigar tester, cigar products inspector, cigar product examiner, cigar products quality inspector.

Craft and related trades workers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: leaf sorter, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
leaf sorter 77% covered leaf tier 52% covered cigar brander 45% covered kettle tender 35% covered curing room worker 34% covered cigar inspector You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cigar inspector, 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 cigar inspector 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 cigar inspector needs 23 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
  • control levels of nicotine per cigar working with computers
  • test cigars information skills
  • weigh leaf quantity per cigar information skills
  • assure quality of tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • grade tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • manufacturing of by-products from tobacco engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform test in cigarette-making machine information skills
  • manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves information skills
  • compute average weight of cigarettes information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Cigar inspector is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 cigar inspector’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.