Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a food production operator can go next

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

Food production operators supply and perform one or more tasks in different stages of the food production process. They perform manufacturing operations and processes to foods and beverages, perform packaging, operate machines manually or automatically, follow predetermined procedures, and take food safety regulations on board.

Also known as food manufacturing worker, food production operative, food production worker, food industry digitalisation operator, food worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 77 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: chilling operator, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chilling operator 68% covered blender operator 60% covered flour purifier operator 57% covered canning and bottling line ope… 55% covered carbonation operator 55% covered food production operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food production operator, 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 production operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A food production operator 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
  • food ethics arts and humanities
  • promote ethical eating communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor ingredient storage information skills
  • monitor the production line information skills
  • support management of raw materials management skills
  • food fraud services
  • ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain assisting and caring
  • food authentication techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • food waste monitoring systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • disassemble equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Food production operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 production operator’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.