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

food and beverage packaging technologisttobotanicals specialist

A food and beverage packaging technologist already meets 24% of what the botanicals specialist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food and beverage packaging technologist
24%
Overlap1
To botanicals specialist
4 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
68.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.3/ 100

1 Share of the botanicals specialist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food and beverage packaging technologist 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

Why this move works

A botanicals specialist role treats 3 of its required skills as things a food and beverage packaging technologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 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 and beverage packaging technologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ingredient threats engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring
  • already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages assisting and caring

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the botanicals specialist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse samples of food and beverages required
  • required, not held examine production samples required
  • required, not held perform sensory evaluation of food products required
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held botany required
  • required, not held variety of botanicals required
  • optional, not held percolation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create beverage recipes with botanicals required
  • optional, not held conduct extensive international travel optional
  • optional, not held write routine reports optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held collect samples for analysis required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held tend botanical milling machines required
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held ingredient threats knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held conduct extensive international travel optional
  • optional, not held percolation optional
  • optional, not held write routine reports optional
29 held skills the botanicals specialist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role assess HACCP implementation in plants skill
  • not needed by the target role care for food aesthetic skill
  • not needed by the target role detect microorganisms 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 correct goods labelling skill
  • 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 identify innovative concepts in packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with innovations in food manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role label foodstuffs skill
  • not needed by the target role manage corrective actions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage packaging development cycle from concept to launch skill
  • not needed by the target role manage packaging material skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor filling machines skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor packaging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role packaging engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role packaging functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role packaging processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role participate in the development of new food products skill
  • not needed by the target role product packaging requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role select adequate packaging for food products skill
  • not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role watch food product trends skill
5 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 botany required
  • required, not held variety of botanicals required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
  • optional, not held percolation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from food and beverage packaging technologist

Full index of moves from food and beverage packaging technologist

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.