Animal feed nutritionist to wine sommelier
An animal feed nutritionist already meets 28% of what the wine sommelier role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a wine sommelier is expected to do is already part of an animal feed nutritionist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the wine sommelier role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A wine sommelier role treats 4 of its required skills as things an animal feed nutritionist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- maintain updated professional knowledge
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wine sommelier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an animal feed nutritionist background worth leading with.
- already held maintain updated professional knowledge information skills
- already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply GMP assisting and caring
- already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages assisting and caring
- already held liaise with colleagues communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the wine sommelier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn apply extensive study of wine types required
- still to learn stay abreast of wine trends required
- still to learn taste wines required
- still to learn analyse trends in the food and beverage industries required
- still to learn ensure adequate conditions in wine cellars required
- optional, not held maintain food specifications optional
- optional, not held perform sensory evaluation of food products optional
- still to learn fermentation processes of beverages required
- still to learn types of wine required
- optional, not held chemical constitution of grapes optional
- optional, not held variety of grapes optional
- optional, not held wine fermentation process optional
- still to learn host wine-tasting events required
- still to learn describe flavour of different wines required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- still to learn decant wines required
- still to learn match food with wine required
- still to learn store wine required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a wine sommelier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply extensive study of wine types practise this
- 02 host wine-tasting events practise this
- 03 stay abreast of wine trends practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held maintain updated professional knowledge skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held chemical constitution of grapes optional
- optional, not held maintain food specifications optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held variety of grapes optional
- optional, not held wine fermentation process optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- optional, not held perform sensory evaluation of food products optional
23 held skills the wine sommelier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role animal feed ingredients knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
- not needed by the target role communicate technicalities with clients skill
- not needed by the target role customize diets to animals skill
- not needed by the target role develop animal feeds skill
- not needed by the target role effects of pesticides in food raw materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
- not needed by the target role ensure no harmful effects on feed additives skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate nutritional value of feeds skill
- not needed by the target role feed additives knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food skill
- not needed by the target role follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- not needed by the target role food authentication techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle documentation for prepared animal feeds skill
- not needed by the target role identify nutritional properties of food skill
- not needed by the target role infections in food knowledge
- not needed by the target role laboratory-based sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage the reception of raw materials for animal feeds skill
- not needed by the target role prepared animal feeds knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepared animal feeds contamination hazards knowledge
- not needed by the target role regulations for hygiene in feeding animals knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn fermentation processes of beverages required
- still to learn types of wine required
- optional, not held chemical constitution of grapes optional
- optional, not held variety of grapes optional
- optional, not held wine fermentation process optional
Common questions about this move
Can an animal feed nutritionist become a wine sommelier?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An animal feed nutritionist already covers 28% of what a wine sommelier is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the wine sommelier role treats as required.
What skills does an animal feed nutritionist need to become a wine sommelier?
12 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply extensive study of wine types.
How hard is the move from animal feed nutritionist to wine sommelier?
Its learning distance is 72 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.