Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

beer sommeliertowine sommelier

A beer sommelier already meets 35% of what the wine sommelier role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From beer sommelier
35%
Overlap1
To wine sommelier
11 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
66.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.2/ 100

1 Share of the wine sommelier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the beer sommelier profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A wine sommelier role treats 5 of its required skills as things a beer sommelier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • fermentation processes of beverages

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 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 a beer sommelier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain food specifications information skills
  • already held fermentation processes of beverages engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries information skills
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products information skills
  • already held perform public relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the wine sommelier role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 5 required
  • required, not held apply extensive study of wine types required
  • required, not held stay abreast of wine trends required
  • required, not held taste wines required
  • required, not held ensure adequate conditions in wine cellars required
  • required, not held maintain updated professional knowledge required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held host wine-tasting events required
  • required, not held describe flavour of different wines required
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held decant wines required
  • required, not held match food with wine required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held 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
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held store wine required
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held fermentation processes of beverages knowledge
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held maintain food specifications skill
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held chemical constitution of grapes optional
  • optional, not held variety of grapes optional
  • optional, not held wine fermentation process optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
19 held skills the wine sommelier role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on beer production skill
  • not needed by the target role apply extensive study of beer styles skill
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign language for international trade skill
  • not needed by the target role beer downstream processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role brewhouse processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role consult on beer presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role describe the flavour of different beers skill
  • not needed by the target role find new types of food and beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role ingredients for beer production knowledge
  • not needed by the target role malting process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role measure precise food processing operations skill
  • not needed by the target role modern brewing systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pair beer with food skill
  • not needed by the target role provide training on quality management supervision skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in beer knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role types of barley knowledge
  • not needed by the target role variety of beers knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held 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
Index

Other moves recorded from beer sommelier

Full index of moves from beer sommelier

Note

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.