Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a wine sommelier can go next

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

Wine sommeliers have general knowledge about wine, its production, service and wind with food pairing. They make use of this knowledge for the management of specialised wine cellars, publish wine lists and books or work in restaurants.

Also known as sommelier, wine choice consultant, wine selection advisor, wine steward, wine advisor.

Service and sales workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: beer sommelier, 37%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
beer sommelier 37% covered wine fermenter 36% covered coffee taster 31% covered vermouth manufacturer 29% covered botanicals specialist 28% covered wine sommelier You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from wine 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 wine 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 wine sommelier needs 16 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
  • apply extensive study of wine types information skills
  • host wine-tasting events communication, collaboration and creativity
  • stay abreast of wine trends information skills
  • taste wines information skills
  • ensure adequate conditions in wine cellars information skills
  • store wine handling and moving
  • decant wines assisting and caring
  • describe flavour of different wines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • types of wine engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • match food with wine assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Wine 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 wine 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.