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

fish preparation operatortoblender operator

A fish preparation operator already meets 43% of what the blender operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fish preparation operator
43%
Overlap1
To blender operator
8 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
54.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 54.2

This move: 54.2 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the blender operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fish preparation operator 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A blender operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fish preparation operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held administer ingredients in food production working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery handling and moving
  • already held ensure sanitation handling and moving
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation services
  • already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the blender operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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 handling and moving 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held extract juices required
  • required, not held collect samples for analysis required
  • required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
  • optional, not held label samples optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held operate pasteurisation processes required
  • required, not held process fruits and vegetables required
  • optional, not held manage carbonation levels optional
  • optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held exert quality control to processing food required
  • required, not held examine production samples required
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a blender operator 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administer ingredients in food production skill
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • already held ensure sanitation skill
  • already held lift heavy weights skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held manage carbonation levels optional
  • optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
35 held skills the blender operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt efficient food processing practices skill
  • not needed by the target role advise customers on seafood choices skill
  • not needed by the target role care for food aesthetic skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • not needed by the target role cook fish skill
  • not needed by the target role cook seafood skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose food waste skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain skill
  • not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
  • not needed by the target role fish varieties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fish, crustacean and mollusc products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle fish products skill
  • not needed by the target role keep inventory of goods in production skill
  • not needed by the target role label foodstuffs skill
  • not needed by the target role legislation about animal origin products knowledge
  • 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 maintain cutting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor freezing processes skill
  • not needed by the target role operate fish processing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role organise storage facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
  • not needed by the target role package fish skill
  • not needed by the target role preserve fish products skill
  • not needed by the target role remove parts of fish skill
  • not needed by the target role sell fish and seafood skill
  • 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 use cutting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use food cutting tools skill
  • not needed by the target role wash gutted fish skill
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.