coffee grindertocoffee roaster
A coffee grinder already meets 42% of what the coffee roaster role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
60/ 100
1 Share of the coffee roaster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coffee grinder 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 7 of its required skills as things a coffee grinder already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- check processing parameters
- collect samples for analysis
- lift heavy weights
What stands in the way is 11 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 14 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 coffee grinder background worth leading with.
- already held check processing parameters information skills
- already held work independently in service of a food production process management skills
- already held tolerate strong smells assisting and caring
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production assisting and caring
- already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
All 14 carried skills, including the 7 the coffee roaster role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 7 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 manage kiln ventilation required
- required, not held operate industrial ovens required
- required, not held operate weighing machine required
- optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
- required, not held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages required
- required, not held operate a heat treatment process required
- required, not held stand high temperatures required
- required, not held apply different roasting methods required
- required, not held handle flammable substances required
- optional, not held mark differences in colours optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
- required, not held monitor roasting required
- optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
- required, not held maintain industrial ovens required
- required, not held temperature scales required
1 further area in the appendix
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 apply different roasting methods skill · sector specific
- 02 handle flammable substances skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain industrial ovens skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 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 check processing parameters skill
- already held collect samples for analysis skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held tolerate strong smells skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held label samples skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held work independently in service of a food production process skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
- optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
- optional, not held mark differences in colours optional
- optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
13 held skills the coffee roaster role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess quality characteristics of food products skill
- not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role coffee grinding levels knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
- not needed by the target role dispose food waste skill
- not needed by the target role examine production samples skill
- not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role match coffee grind to coffee type skill
- not needed by the target role milling machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate grain cleaning machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend grinding mill machine skill
- not needed by the target role types of coffee beans knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held temperature scales required
- 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.