Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a food safety inspector can go next

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

Food safety inspectors carry out inspections in food processing environments from a food safety standpoint. They are part of official control bodies who check and control food products and processes to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing safety and health.

Technicians and associate professionals 60 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food grader, 47%

food grader 47% covered food analyst 42% covered botanicals specialist 38% covered food regulatory advisor 38% covered food production engineer 37% covered food safety inspector You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from food safety inspector. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a food safety inspector already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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food safety inspector 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a food safety inspector already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.