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Where a food and beverage packaging technologist can go next

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

Food and beverage packaging technologists assess appropiate packaging for various food products. They manage matters in relation to packaging while ensuring customer specifications and company targets. They develop packaging projects as required.

Also known as food and beverage packaging expert, food and beverage packaging specialist, food and drinks packaging technologist, food and drinks packaging expert.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food production engineer, 31%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
food production engineer 31% covered bulk filler 31% covered food grader 25% covered botanicals specialist 24% covered food regulatory advisor 24% covered food and beverage packagi… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food and beverage packaging technologist, 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 and beverage packaging technologist 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 food and beverage packaging technologist needs 19 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
  • identify innovative concepts in packaging communication, collaboration and creativity
  • packaging functions social sciences, journalism and information
  • manage packaging development cycle from concept to launch management skills
  • watch food product trends information skills
  • product packaging requirements engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manage packaging material handling and moving
  • monitor filling machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • packaging processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • analyse packaging requirements information skills
  • keep up with innovations in food manufacturing information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Food and beverage packaging technologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 and beverage packaging technologist’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.