Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a coffee taster can go next

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

Coffee tasters taste coffee samples in order to evaluate the features of the product or to prepare blending formulas. They determine the product's grade, estimate its market value, and explore how these products may appeal to different consumer tastes. They write blending formulas for workers who prepare coffee products for commercial purposes.

Also known as coffee tasting expert, coffee tasting specialist, coffee beverage taster, coffee drinks taster.

Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: green coffee buyer, 47%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
green coffee buyer 47% covered master coffee roaster 38% covered green coffee coordinator 37% covered coffee grinder 34% covered beer sommelier 34% covered coffee taster You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from coffee taster, 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 coffee taster 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 coffee taster needs 17 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
  • create coffee flavour profiles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare specialised coffee assisting and caring
  • coffee characteristics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • evaluate coffee characteristics information skills
  • boil water assisting and caring
  • grade coffee beans information skills
  • perform coffee tastings information skills
  • types of coffee beans engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • educate customers on coffee varieties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • check processing parameters information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Coffee taster 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 coffee taster’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.