distillery workertokettle tender
A distillery worker already meets 44% of what the kettle tender role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
44%
52.9/ 100
1 Share of the kettle tender role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the distillery worker 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 kettle tender role treats 6 of its required skills as things a distillery worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- lift heavy weights
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- temperature scales
What stands in the way is 6 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kettle tender role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a distillery worker background worth leading with.
- already held temperature scales natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages assisting and caring
- already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
- already held apply GMP assisting and caring
- already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the kettle tender role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 8 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 handle delivery of raw materials required
- required, not held mark differences in colours required
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
- required, not held control open-fire kettles required
- optional, not held operate automated process control optional
- required, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment required
- required, not held chemical aspects of sugar required
- required, not held monitor flow of gum required
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a kettle tender role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control open-fire kettles skill · occupation specific
- 02 monitor flow of gum skill · occupation specific
- 03 chemical aspects of sugar knowledge · 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 7 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 lift heavy weights skill
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages skill
- already held temperature scales knowledge
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- 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
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held operate automated process control optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
18 held skills the kettle tender role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt efficient food processing practices skill
- not needed by the target role appropriate raw materials for specific spirits knowledge
- not needed by the target role blend beverages skill
- not needed by the target role clean food and beverage machinery skill
- not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
- not needed by the target role label samples skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role operate distilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
- not needed by the target role perform detailed food processing operations skill
- not needed by the target role prepare containers for beverage distillation skill
- not needed by the target role processes of foods and beverages manufacturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role stand high temperatures skill
- not needed by the target role sterilise fermentation tanks skill
- not needed by the target role take measures against flammability skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate strong smells skill
- not needed by the target role work in a food processing team skill
1 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 chemical aspects of sugar required
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.