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

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

Pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes.

Craft and related trades workers 64 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: baker, 76%

baker 76% covered baking operator 72% covered pasta operator 67% covered confectioner 58% covered extract mixer tester 53% covered pastry maker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from pastry maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a pastry maker 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 1
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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pastry maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 pastry maker 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.