food analysttobotanicals specialist
A food analyst already meets 55% of what the botanicals specialist role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
44.1/ 100
1 Share of the botanicals specialist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food analyst 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 botanicals specialist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a food analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- collect samples for analysis
- laboratory-based sciences
What stands in the way is 5 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A botanicals specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food analyst background worth leading with.
- already held ingredient threats engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held laboratory-based sciences engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held perform sensory evaluation of food products information skills
- already held analyse samples of food and beverages information skills
- already held analyse work-related written reports information skills
- already held collect samples for analysis handling and moving
All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the botanicals specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 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.
- required, not held botany required
- required, not held variety of botanicals required
- optional, not held percolation optional
- required, not held create beverage recipes with botanicals required
- optional, not held conduct extensive international travel optional
- optional, not held write routine reports optional
- required, not held examine production samples required
- required, not held tend botanical milling machines required
- optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a botanicals specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create beverage recipes with botanicals skill · occupation specific
- 02 tend botanical milling machines skill · occupation specific
- 03 botany 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held analyse samples of food and beverages skill
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held collect samples for analysis skill
- already held laboratory-based sciences knowledge
- already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
- already held analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held ingredient threats knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
- optional, not held conduct extensive international travel optional
- optional, not held percolation optional
- optional, not held write routine reports optional
62 held skills the botanicals specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
- not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
- not needed by the target role analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
- not needed by the target role apply scientific methods skill
- not needed by the target role assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products skill
- not needed by the target role assess quality characteristics of food products skill
- not needed by the target role assess shelf life of food products skill
- not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role blend food ingredients skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
- not needed by the target role check bottles for packaging skill
- not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
- not needed by the target role conduct food tests skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research on food waste prevention skill
- not needed by the target role design indicators for food waste reduction skill
- not needed by the target role detect microorganisms skill
- not needed by the target role develop food waste reduction strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop new food products skill
- not needed by the target role develop standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role fermentation processes of food knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow evaluation procedures of materials at reception skill
- not needed by the target role follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- not needed by the target role follow laboratory manuals skill
- not needed by the target role follow-up lab results skill
- not needed by the target role food fraud knowledge
- not needed by the target role food homogenisation knowledge
- not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role food products composition knowledge
- not needed by the target role food safety principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role food safety standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role food science knowledge
- not needed by the target role food toxicity knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify nutritional properties of food skill
- not needed by the target role identify the factors causing changes in food during storage skill
- not needed by the target role infections in food knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret data in food manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role investigate customer complaints of food products skill
- not needed by the target role keep food laboratory inventory skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with regulations skill
22 further entries not listed here
4 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 botany required
- required, not held variety of botanicals required
- optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
- optional, not held percolation 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.