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Where a food production planner can go next

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

Food production planners prepare production plans, evaluate all the variables in the process and strive to ensure that production objectives be achieved.

Also known as food manufacturing planner, food production planning expert, food production planning specialist.

Technicians and associate professionals 49 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food production manager, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
food production manager 51% covered food production engineer 44% covered animal feed nutritionist 31% covered green coffee coordinator 29% covered malt house supervisor 29% covered food production planner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food production planner, 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 planner 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 production planner needs 28 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 food production plan management skills
  • manage backlogs management skills
  • detect bottlenecks information skills
  • enhance production workflow management skills
  • implement short term objectives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • disaggregate the production plan management skills
  • ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing management skills
  • monitor ingredient storage information skills
  • support management of raw materials management 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 production planner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Food production planner 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 production planner’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.