Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a food grader can go next

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

Food graders inspect, sort and grade food products. They grade food products according to sensory criteria or with the help of machinery. They determine the product's use by grading them into the appropriate classes and discarding damaged or expired foods. Food graders measure and weigh the products and report their findings so the food can be further processed.

Also known as food product grader.

Craft and related trades workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food regulatory advisor, 49%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
food regulatory advisor 49% covered food service worker 37% covered food safety inspector 35% covered bulk filler 33% covered food biotechnologist 33% covered food grader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food grader, 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 grader 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 grader needs 30 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
  • grade foods handling and moving
  • manage time in food processing operations management skills
  • food product ingredients engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform food safety checks information skills
  • functional properties of foods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform food risk analysis information skills
  • risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • food materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • food safety standards services
  • assess quality characteristics of food products information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Food grader 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 food grader’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.