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

coffee tastertocoffee grinder

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

From coffee taster
34%
Overlap1
To coffee grinder
10 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
63.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.9/ 100

1 Share of the coffee grinder 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 coffee grinder role treats 5 of its required skills as things a coffee taster 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
  • tolerate strong smells

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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A coffee grinder 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 types of coffee beans engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held check processing parameters information skills
  • already held tolerate strong smells assisting and caring
  • already held label samples handling and moving
  • already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the coffee grinder role treats as required.

Table 3

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 required
  • required, not held match coffee grind to coffee type required
  • required, not held operate grain cleaning machine required
  • required, not held tend grinding mill machine required
  • required, not held work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing required
02 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect samples for analysis required
  • required, not held lift heavy weights required
  • optional, not held dispose food waste optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held coffee grinding levels required
  • required, not held milling machines required
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held examine production samples required
  • optional, not held assess quality characteristics of food products optional
  • optional, not held maintain updated professional knowledge optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow hygienic procedures during food processing required
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
06 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a coffee grinder 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 10 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 check processing parameters skill
  • already held tolerate strong smells skill
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held label samples skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held types of coffee beans knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain optional
  • optional, not held work independently in service of a food production process optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess quality characteristics of food products optional
  • optional, not held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain optional
  • optional, not held dispose food waste optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
  • optional, not held work independently in service of a food production process optional
  • optional, not held maintain updated professional knowledge optional
18 held skills the coffee grinder role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
  • not needed by the target role boil water skill
  • not needed by the target role coffee characteristics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • 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 find new types of food and beverages 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 maintain food specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role perform coffee tastings 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 prepare specialised coffee skill
  • not needed by the target role temperature scales knowledge
2 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 coffee grinding levels required
  • required, not held milling machines required
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.