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

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

Food technicians assist food technologists in the deveolpment of processes for manufacturing foodstuffs and related products based on chemical, physical, and biological principles. They perform research and experiments on ingredients, additives and packaging. Food technicians also check product quality to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations.

Technicians and associate professionals 80 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food biotechnologist, 51%

food biotechnologist 51% covered food technologist 49% covered food production operator 48% covered food production engineer 44% covered food grader 43% covered food technician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from food technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a food technician 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 technician 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 technician 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.