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

coffee tastertobeer sommelier

A coffee taster already meets 34% of what the beer sommelier role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From coffee taster
34%
Overlap1
To beer sommelier
11 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
67.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.4/ 100

1 Share of the beer sommelier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coffee taster 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 beer sommelier role treats 5 of its required skills as things a coffee taster already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • perform sensory evaluation of food products

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A beer sommelier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coffee taster background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held find new types of food and beverages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain food specifications information skills
  • already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries information skills
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products information skills
  • already held perform public relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the beer sommelier role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held beer downstream processing required
  • required, not held brewhouse processes required
  • required, not held fermentation processes of beverages required
  • required, not held ingredients for beer production required
  • required, not held variety of beers required
  • optional, not held malting process optional
  • optional, not held modern brewing systems optional
  • optional, not held types of barley optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held consult on beer presentation required
  • required, not held advise on beer production required
  • optional, not held train staff in beer knowledge optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held apply foreign language for international trade optional
  • optional, not held provide training on quality management supervision optional
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply extensive study of beer styles required
  • required, not held describe the flavour of different beers required
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held pair beer with food required
05 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held biotechnology required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a beer sommelier 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held find new types of food and beverages skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held maintain food specifications skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held train staff in beer knowledge optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held malting process optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held modern brewing systems optional
  • optional, not held types of barley optional
  • optional, not held apply foreign language for international trade optional
  • optional, not held provide training on quality management supervision optional
17 held skills the beer sommelier role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act reliably skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
  • not needed by the target role boil water skill
  • not needed by the target role check processing parameters skill
  • not needed by the target role coffee characteristics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create coffee flavour profiles skill
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on coffee varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate coffee characteristics skill
  • not needed by the target role food and beverage industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role grade coffee beans 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 perform coffee tastings skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare specialised coffee skill
  • not needed by the target role temperature scales knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tolerate strong smells skill
  • not needed by the target role types of coffee beans knowledge
9 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 beer downstream processing required
  • required, not held brewhouse processes required
  • required, not held fermentation processes of beverages required
  • required, not held ingredients for beer production required
  • required, not held variety of beers required
  • required, not held biotechnology required
  • optional, not held malting process optional
  • optional, not held modern brewing systems optional
  • optional, not held types of barley optional
Index

Other moves recorded from coffee taster

Full index of moves from coffee taster

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.