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Where a food analyst can go next

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

Food analysts perform standardised tests to determine the chemical, physical, or microbiological features of products for human consumption.

Also known as food researcher, food analysis expert, food research specialist, food analysis specialist.

Technicians and associate professionals 71 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food biotechnologist, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
food biotechnologist 55% covered botanicals specialist 55% covered food grader 45% covered food safety inspector 42% covered food regulatory advisor 41% covered food analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food analyst, 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 food analyst 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 food analyst needs 36 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
  • conduct food tests information skills
  • pursue excellence in the creation of food products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep food laboratory inventory management skills
  • attend to detail regarding food and beverages handling and moving
  • food toxicity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • follow laboratory manuals information skills
  • perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials information skills
  • blend food ingredients handling and moving
  • infections in food engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ingredient threats engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Food analyst is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 food analyst’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.