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Where a food technologist can go next

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

Food technologists develop processes for manufacturing foodstuffs and related products based on chemical, physical, and biological principles and technology. They design and plan layouts or equipment, oversee staff, engage in controlling, and improve food technologies in food production processes.

Also known as food tech specialist, food technology specialist, food technology expert, food tech expert.

Professionals 139 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: food grader, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
food grader 79% covered food technician 75% covered prepared meals nutritionist 66% covered food analyst 65% covered food production engineer 65% covered food technologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food technologist, 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 technologist 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 technologist needs 73 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
  • ensure responsible sourcing in food supply chains assisting and caring
  • manage ethics issues in the food industry assisting and caring
  • describe chemical innovation in products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate ingredient documentation from suppliers information skills
  • strive for nutritional improvement of food manufacturing information skills
  • use new technologies in food manufacturing information skills
  • food engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • food ethics arts and humanities
  • food products composition engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manage the use of additives in food manufacturing 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 technologist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Food technologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 technologist’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.