Chilling operator to fruit and vegetable canner

• already held administer ingredients in food production skill
• already held apply GMP skill
• already held apply HACCP skill
• already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
• already held check quality of products on the production line skill
• already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
• already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
• already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
• already held food canning production line knowledge
• already held food storage knowledge
• already held care for food aesthetic skill
• already held carry out checks of production plant equipment skill

• optional, not held jell fruits optional
• optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
• optional, not held dispose food waste optional
• optional, not held dispose non-food waste within the food industry optional
• optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
• optional, not held label samples optional
• optional, not held manage fruit juice extraction processes optional
• optional, not held mechanical almond processing optional
• optional, not held neutralise sugar liquors optional
• optional, not held operate a heat treatment process optional
• optional, not held operate equipment for food homogenisation optional
• optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
• optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
• optional, not held act reliably optional
• optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
• optional, not held liaise with managers optional

• not needed by the target role adjust drying process to goods skill
• not needed by the target role apply food technology principles skill
• not needed by the target role apply preservation treatments skill
• not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
• not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
• not needed by the target role ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain skill
• not needed by the target role ensure sanitation skill
• not needed by the target role follow production schedule skill
• not needed by the target role keep inventory of goods in production skill
• not needed by the target role knead food products skill
• not needed by the target role label foodstuffs skill
• not needed by the target role maintain food specifications skill
• not needed by the target role manufacture prepared meals skill
• not needed by the target role manufacturing of different chilled prepared meals knowledge
• not needed by the target role monitor freezing processes skill
• not needed by the target role operate mixing of food products skill
• not needed by the target role prepared meals knowledge
• not needed by the target role use new technologies in food manufacturing skill
• not needed by the target role weigh materials skill

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

• still to learn blanching machine process required
• still to learn food preservation required
• optional, not held mechanical almond processing optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A chilling operator already covers 42% of what a fruit and vegetable canner is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 10 of which the fruit and vegetable canner role treats as required.

9 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is blanching machine process.

Its learning distance is 61.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.