Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a kitchen porter can go next

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

Kitchen porters wash and clean kitchen areas, including pots, pans, utensils, cutlery and dishes. They prepare the kitchen area before service, and receive and store supplies.

Also known as dish washer, kitchen hand, KP, pot and pan washer, kitchen steward.

Elementary occupations 15 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: kitchen assistant, 48%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
kitchen assistant 48% covered pizzaiolo 37% covered grill cook 36% covered fish cook 33% covered diet cook 28% covered kitchen porter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from kitchen porter, 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 kitchen porter 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 kitchen porter needs 13 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
  • operate dishwashing machine handling and moving
  • clean kitchen equipment handling and moving
  • report on possible equipment hazards information skills
  • carry out stock rotation handling and moving
  • handle glassware handling and moving
  • handover the food preparation area handling and moving
  • ensure cleanliness of food preparation area information skills
  • maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment assisting and caring
  • work in a hospitality team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • clean surfaces handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Kitchen porter is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a kitchen porter’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.