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

cigar inspectortoleaf sorter

A cigar inspector already meets 77% of what the leaf sorter role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cigar inspector
77%
Overlap1
To leaf sorter
22 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
28.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 28.9

This move: 28.9 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the leaf sorter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cigar inspector 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leaf sorter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cigar inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assure quality of tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • already held grade tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • already held manufacturing of by-products from tobacco engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves information skills
  • already held curing methods for tobacco leaves engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 22 carried skills, including the 17 the leaf sorter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 3 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 3 required
  • required, not held assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held exert quality control to processing food required
02 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held blend tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held sort tobacco leaves required
  • optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a leaf sorter 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves skill
  • already held assure quality of tobacco leaves skill
  • already held check quality of products on the production line skill
  • already held curing methods for tobacco leaves knowledge
  • already held grade tobacco leaves skill
  • already held history of tobacco knowledge
  • already held maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • already held manufacturing of by-products from tobacco knowledge
  • already held manufacturing of smoked tobacco products knowledge
  • already held manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products knowledge
  • already held mark differences in colours skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • already held quality prototype of a tobacco leaf knowledge
  • already held variety of tobacco leaves knowledge
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held determine shreds sizes percentage in cigarettes skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held tobacco products knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
11 held skills the leaf sorter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign language for international trade skill
  • not needed by the target role compute average weight of cigarettes skill
  • not needed by the target role control levels of nicotine per cigar skill
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role numerical sequences knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
  • not needed by the target role perform test in cigarette-making machine skill
  • not needed by the target role test cigars skill
  • not needed by the target role weigh leaf quantity per cigar skill
Index

Other moves recorded from cigar inspector

Full index of moves from cigar inspector

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.