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

cooktoquick service restaurant crew member

A cook already meets 38% of what the quick service restaurant crew member role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cook
38%
Overlap1
To quick service restaurant crew member
9 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
60.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.2/ 100

1 Share of the quick service restaurant crew member role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cook 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 quick service restaurant crew member role treats 6 of its required skills as things a cook already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check deliveries on receipt
  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • prepare ready-made dishes
  • use cooking techniques
  • use reheating techniques
  • work in a hospitality team

What stands in the way is 10 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quick service restaurant crew member role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cook background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held receive kitchen supplies management skills
  • already held prepare ready-made dishes assisting and caring
  • already held store kitchen supplies handling and moving
  • already held use reheating techniques assisting and caring
  • already held prepare sandwiches assisting and caring
  • already held work in a hospitality team communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the quick service restaurant crew member role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held present menus required
  • required, not held take food and beverage orders from customers required
  • required, not held execute opening and closing procedures required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
  • required, not held upsell products required
  • optional, not held take drive-through orders optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on coffee varieties optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on tea varieties optional
02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
  • required, not held process payments required
  • optional, not held devise special promotions optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held prepare orders required
  • required, not held greet guests required
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held clean surfaces required
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a quick service restaurant crew member 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check deliveries on receipt skill
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held prepare ready-made dishes skill
  • already held use cooking techniques skill
  • already held use reheating techniques skill
  • already held work in a hospitality team skill
  • already held prepare sandwiches skill
  • already held receive kitchen supplies skill
  • already held store kitchen supplies skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held take drive-through orders optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on coffee varieties optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on tea varieties optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held devise special promotions optional
41 held skills the quick service restaurant crew member role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise customers on seafood choices skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on preparation of diet food skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with standard portion sizes skill
  • not needed by the target role composition of diets knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role cook dairy products skill
  • not needed by the target role cook meat dishes skill
  • not needed by the target role cook sauce products skill
  • not needed by the target role cook seafood skill
  • not needed by the target role cook vegetable products skill
  • not needed by the target role create a diet plan skill
  • not needed by the target role create decorative food displays skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure cleanliness of food preparation area skill
  • not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
  • not needed by the target role fish anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role handover the food preparation area skill
  • not needed by the target role identify nutritional properties of food skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature skill
  • not needed by the target role manage waste skill
  • not needed by the target role nutrition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role plan menus skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare bakery products skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare dairy products for use in a dish skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare desserts skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare egg products for use in a dish skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare flambeed dishes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare meat products for use in a dish skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare salad dressings skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare saucier products for use in a dish skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare vegetable products for use in a dish skill
  • not needed by the target role prepared meals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role seafood processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role slice fish skill
  • not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use culinary finishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use food cutting tools skill

1 further entry not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from cook

Full index of moves from cook

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.