Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a head sommelier can go next

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

Head sommeliers manage the ordering, preparing and servicing of wine and other related beverages in a hospitality service unit.

Also known as wine manager, head of wines, master sommelier, head wine waiter.

Service and sales workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: quick service restaurant team leader, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
quick service restaurant team… 28% covered venue director 28% covered head waiter/head waitress 26% covered housekeeping supervisor 24% covered camping ground manager 24% covered head sommelier You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from head sommelier, 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 head sommelier 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 head sommelier needs 25 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
  • check wine quality information skills
  • select glassware for serving assisting and caring
  • wine related sciences engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • recommend wines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • compile wine lists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare alcoholic beverages assisting and caring
  • procure hospitality products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • wine characteristics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • organise wine cellar management skills
  • serve wines assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Head sommelier is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. 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 head sommelier’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.