cacao bean roastertocoffee roaster
A cacao bean roaster already meets 79% of what the coffee roaster role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
23.1/ 100
1 Share of the coffee roaster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cacao bean roaster 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 this move works
A coffee roaster role treats 15 of its required skills as things a cacao bean roaster already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply different roasting methods
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- check processing parameters
- collect samples for analysis
What stands in the way is 3 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A coffee roaster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cacao bean roaster background worth leading with.
- already held apply different roasting methods handling and moving
- already held operate industrial ovens working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain industrial ovens constructing
- already held monitor roasting information skills
- already held stand high temperatures assisting and caring
- already held handle flammable substances handling and moving
All 23 carried skills, including the 15 the coffee roaster role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
- required, not held operate weighing machine required
- optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
- required, not held tolerate strong smells required
- optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a coffee roaster role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 lift heavy weights skill · cross sector
- 02 operate weighing machine skill · cross sector
- 03 tolerate strong smells skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply different roasting methods skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held check processing parameters skill
- already held collect samples for analysis skill
- already held handle flammable substances skill
- already held maintain industrial ovens skill
- already held manage kiln ventilation skill
- already held monitor roasting skill
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages skill
- already held operate a heat treatment process skill
- already held operate industrial ovens skill
- already held stand high temperatures skill
- already held temperature scales knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held exert quality control to processing food skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held work independently in service of a food production process skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
10 held skills the coffee roaster role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess cocoa bean quality skill
- not needed by the target role chemical reactions of roasting cacao beans knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role history of chocolate knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature skill
- not needed by the target role roasted cacao beans knowledge
- not needed by the target role screen cocoa beans skill
- not needed by the target role taste cocoa beans skill
- not needed by the target role tend fans for machines skill
- not needed by the target role work in a food processing team skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
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.