Cider master to wine fermenter
A cider master already meets 53% of what the wine fermenter role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
49.1/ 100
1 How much of what a wine fermenter is expected to do is already part of a cider master’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 fermenter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A wine fermenter role treats 9 of its required skills as things a cider master already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- biotechnology
- ensure sanitation
- fermentation processes of beverages
What stands in the way is 8 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wine fermenter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cider master background worth leading with.
- already held prepare containers for beverage fermentation handling and moving
- already held vinegar fermentation process engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held monitor fermentation information skills
- already held fermentation processes of beverages engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held biotechnology health and welfare
- already held keep inventory of goods in production information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the wine fermenter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 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 rack wines required
- still to learn tend wine manufacturing machines required
- optional, not held measure density of liquids optional
- still to learn variety of grapes required
- still to learn wine fermentation process required
- still to learn age alcoholic beverages in vats required
- still to learn sterilise fermentation tanks required
- still to learn monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
- optional, not held match food with wine optional
- still to learn monitor the process of wine production required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a wine fermenter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 age alcoholic beverages in vats practise this
- 02 monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages practise this
- 03 monitor the process of wine production 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 13 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 biotechnology knowledge
- already held ensure sanitation skill
- already held fermentation processes of beverages knowledge
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held monitor fermentation skill
- already held prepare containers for beverage fermentation skill
- already held keep inventory of goods in production skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held vinegar fermentation process knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
- optional, not held match food with wine optional
- optional, not held measure density of liquids optional
43 held skills the wine fermenter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role analyse apple juice for cider production skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role analyse samples of food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role apply foreign language for international trade skill
- not needed by the target role assist bottling skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the development of standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
- not needed by the target role attend to detail in preparation for audits skill
- not needed by the target role biochemical processes of cider production knowledge
- not needed by the target role check bottles for packaging skill
- not needed by the target role chemical constitution of apples knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
- not needed by the target role conduct apple fermentation skill
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role core apples skill
- not needed by the target role design cider recipes skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
- not needed by the target role filter liquids skill
- not needed by the target role food and beverage industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental management system skill
- not needed by the target role manage food manufacturing laboratory skill
- not needed by the target role manage fruit juice extraction processes skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage time in food processing operations skill
- not needed by the target role mashing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role measure pH skill
- not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill
- not needed by the target role operate pasteurisation processes skill
- not needed by the target role perform chemical experiments skill
- not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
- not needed by the target role perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role processes of foods and beverages manufacturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
3 further entries not listed here
2 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 variety of grapes required
- still to learn wine fermentation process required
Common questions about this move
Can a cider master become a wine fermenter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A cider master already covers 53% of what a wine fermenter is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 9 of which the wine fermenter role treats as required.
What skills does a cider master need to become a wine fermenter?
8 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is age alcoholic beverages in vats.
How hard is the move from cider master to wine fermenter?
Its learning distance is 49.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.