fish trimmertofish production operator
A fish trimmer already meets 55% of what the fish production operator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
53.1/ 100
1 Share of the fish production operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fish trimmer 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 fish production operator role treats 14 of its required skills as things a fish trimmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- clean food and beverage machinery
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- execute chilling processes to food products
What stands in the way is 9 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fish production operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fish trimmer background worth leading with.
- already held package fish handling and moving
- already held remove parts of fish handling and moving
- already held slice fish assisting and caring
- already held wash gutted fish handling and moving
- already held preserve fish products handling and moving
- already held use food cutting tools handling and moving
All 24 carried skills, including the 14 the fish production operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 10 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 ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held manage health and safety standards required
- required, not held check quality of products on the production line required
- required, not held monitor freezing processes required
- optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
- optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
- optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
- required, not held operate fish processing equipment required
- optional, not held administer ingredients in food production optional
- optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- required, not held operate chainsaw required
- optional, not held blend food ingredients optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- required, not held be at ease in unsafe environments required
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- required, not held work according to recipe required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fish production operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check quality of products on the production line skill · sector specific
- 02 ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain skill · sector specific
- 03 monitor freezing processes skill · 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 24 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 clean food and beverage machinery skill
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain cutting equipment skill
- already held package fish skill
- already held remove parts of fish skill
- already held slice fish skill
- already held tolerate strong smells skill
- already held use food cutting tools skill
- already held wash gutted fish skill
- already held care for food aesthetic skill
- already held dispose food waste skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held ensure sanitation skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held preserve fish products skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held animal anatomy for food production optional
- optional, not held food canning production line optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
- optional, not held pathogenic microorganisms in food optional
- optional, not held biotechnology optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
- optional, not held administer ingredients in food production optional
- optional, not held animal anatomy for food production optional
- optional, not held blend food ingredients optional
- optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
- optional, not held food canning production line optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held pathogenic microorganisms in food optional
- optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
- optional, not held biotechnology optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
2 held skills the fish production operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role clean the trimming box skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held animal anatomy for food production optional
- optional, not held food canning production line optional
- optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
- optional, not held pathogenic microorganisms in food optional
- optional, not held biotechnology optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
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.