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

food safety inspectortofood grader

A food safety inspector already meets 47% of what the food grader role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food safety inspector
47%
Overlap1
To food grader
19 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
62.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.5/ 100

1 Share of the food grader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food safety inspector 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 food grader role treats 15 of its required skills as things a food safety inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • assess quality characteristics of food products
  • ensure correct goods labelling
  • food and beverage industry
  • food authentication techniques
  • food legislation

What stands in the way is 15 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A food grader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food safety inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held handle communications in the food processing industry communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform food safety checks information skills
  • already held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held food safety standards services
  • already held assess quality characteristics of food products information skills
  • already held food authentication techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 19 carried skills, including the 15 the food grader role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 8 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 7 required
  • required, not held food materials required
  • required, not held food preservation required
  • required, not held food product ingredients required
  • required, not held food science required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held functional properties of foods required
  • required, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing required
02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held perform food risk analysis required
  • required, not held perform sensory evaluation of food products required
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage time in food processing operations required
  • required, not held work independently in service of a food production process required
  • optional, not held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain optional
04 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held grade foods required
  • required, not held store raw food materials required
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held identify nutritional properties of food required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held prepare visual data required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a food grader 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held assess quality characteristics of food products skill
  • already held ensure correct goods labelling skill
  • already held food and beverage industry knowledge
  • already held food authentication techniques knowledge
  • already held food legislation knowledge
  • already held food safety principles knowledge
  • already held food safety standards knowledge
  • already held keep up-to-date with regulations skill
  • already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
  • already held perform food safety checks skill
  • already held perform quality audits skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages knowledge
  • already held work in a food processing team skill
  • already held analyse samples of food and beverages skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held handle communications in the food processing industry skill
  • already held identify hazards in the workplace skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain optional
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
  • optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
41 held skills the food grader role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advocate for consumer matters in production plants skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
  • not needed by the target role apply GMP skill
  • not needed by the target role apply HACCP skill
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign language for international trade skill
  • not needed by the target role assess HACCP implementation in plants skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products skill
  • not needed by the target role be at ease in unsafe environments skill
  • not needed by the target role check bottles for packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
  • not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal slaughter knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop food policy skill
  • not needed by the target role european food safety policy knowledge
  • 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 policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food toxicity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role foodborne diseases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • 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 label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role laboratory-based sciences knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage communications with food industry governmental bodies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the use of additives in food manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role perform inspection analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role work in cold environments skill

1 further entry not listed here

7 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 food materials required
  • required, not held food preservation required
  • required, not held food product ingredients required
  • required, not held food science required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held functional properties of foods required
  • required, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing required
Index

Other moves recorded from food safety inspector

Full index of moves from food safety inspector

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.