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

fish cooktodiet cook

A fish cook already meets 75% of what the diet cook role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fish cook
75%
Overlap1
To diet cook
31 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
30.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 30.4

This move: 30.4 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the diet cook role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fish 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A diet cook role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fish cook background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held comply with standard portion sizes assisting and caring
  • already held prepare dairy products for use in a dish assisting and caring
  • already held prepare egg products for use in a dish assisting and caring
  • already held prepare saucier products for use in a dish assisting and caring
  • already held prepare vegetable products for use in a dish assisting and caring
  • already held prepare salad dressings assisting and caring

All 31 carried skills, including the 13 the diet cook role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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 health and welfare 2 required
  • required, not held nutrition required
  • required, not held composition of diets required
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held identify nutritional properties of food required
  • optional, not held cook dairy products optional
  • optional, not held cook meat dishes optional
  • optional, not held prepare desserts optional
  • optional, not held prepare meat products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
  • optional, not held prepare sandwiches optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on preparation of diet food optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepared meals optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepare bakery products optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create a diet plan optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a diet cook 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 31 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held ensure cleanliness of food preparation area skill
  • already held handover the food preparation area skill
  • already held maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment skill
  • already held maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature skill
  • already held receive kitchen supplies skill
  • already held store raw food materials skill
  • already held use cooking techniques skill
  • already held use culinary finishing techniques skill
  • already held use food cutting tools skill
  • already held use food preparation techniques skill
  • already held use reheating techniques skill
  • already held work in a hospitality team skill
  • already held check deliveries on receipt skill
  • already held comply with standard portion sizes skill
  • already held control of expenses skill
  • already held cook sauce products skill
  • already held cook seafood skill
  • already held cook vegetable products skill
  • already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
  • already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held plan menus skill
  • already held prepare dairy products for use in a dish skill
  • already held prepare egg products for use in a dish skill
  • already held prepare salad dressings skill
  • already held prepare saucier products for use in a dish skill
  • already held prepare vegetable products for use in a dish skill
  • already held slice fish skill
  • already held store kitchen supplies skill
  • already held train employees skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held cook dairy products optional
  • optional, not held cook meat dishes optional
  • optional, not held create a diet plan optional
  • optional, not held prepare bakery products optional
  • optional, not held prepare desserts optional
  • optional, not held prepare meat products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
  • optional, not held prepare sandwiches optional
  • optional, not held prepared meals optional
  • optional, not held advise on preparation of diet food optional
3 held skills the diet cook 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 fish anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role seafood processing knowledge
3 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 nutrition required
  • required, not held composition of diets required
  • optional, not held prepared meals optional
Index
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.