food service workertokitchen porter
A food service worker already meets 22% of what the kitchen porter role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
67.3/ 100
1 Share of the kitchen porter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food service worker 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 kitchen porter role treats 3 of its required skills as things a food service worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- clean kitchen equipment
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
What stands in the way is 10 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kitchen porter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food service worker background worth leading with.
- already held clean kitchen equipment handling and moving
- already held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health handling and moving
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the kitchen porter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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.
- required, not held handover the food preparation area required
- required, not held carry out stock rotation required
- required, not held clean surfaces required
- required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
- required, not held handle glassware required
- required, not held operate dishwashing machine required
- optional, not held use food cutting tools optional
- required, not held ensure cleanliness of food preparation area required
- required, not held report on possible equipment hazards required
- required, not held maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment required
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- required, not held work in a hospitality team required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a kitchen porter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure cleanliness of food preparation area skill · sector specific
- 02 handover the food preparation area skill · sector specific
- 03 work in a hospitality team 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 3 skills that carry over
- already held clean kitchen equipment skill
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held use food cutting tools optional
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
13 held skills the kitchen porter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- not needed by the target role food allergies knowledge
- not needed by the target role food authentication techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role food preservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role foodborne diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role improvise to occuring food processing situations skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role maintain food specifications skill
- not needed by the target role prepare meals for flights skill
- not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
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.