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

carbonation operatortococoa press operator

A carbonation operator already meets 40% of what the cocoa press operator role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From carbonation operator
40%
Overlap1
To cocoa press operator
12 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
62.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.2/ 100

1 Share of the cocoa press operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the carbonation operator 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 cocoa press operator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a carbonation operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • be at ease in unsafe environments
  • carry out checks of production plant equipment

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cocoa press operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a carbonation operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held carry out checks of production plant equipment constructing
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery handling and moving
  • already held be at ease in unsafe environments management skills
  • already held dispose food waste handling and moving
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production assisting and caring
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation services

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the cocoa press operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 8 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held check processing parameters required
  • required, not held exert quality control to processing food required
  • required, not held screen cocoa beans required
  • required, not held taste cocoa beans required
  • optional, not held assess cocoa bean quality optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held tend cocoa pressing machines required
  • required, not held disassemble equipment required
  • required, not held operate weighing machine required
03 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held store cocoa pressing products required
  • required, not held separate by-products of pressed cocoa required
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow hygienic procedures during food processing required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held hydraulics required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held temperature scales required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cocoa press operator 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held be at ease in unsafe environments skill
  • already held carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • already held dispose food waste skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
08 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess cocoa bean quality optional
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
15 held skills the cocoa press operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role biochemical processes of cider production knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carbonation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check bottles for packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role detect flaws in bottles skill
  • not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
  • not needed by the target role fermentation processes of beverages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep machines oiled for steady functioning skill
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role manage carbonation levels skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor centrifugal separators skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor filling machines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform carbonation processes skill
  • not needed by the target role processes of foods and beverages manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tend beverage gasifier equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role tend bottle cork machine 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held hydraulics required
  • required, not held temperature scales required
Index
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.