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

food techniciantofood grader

A food technician already meets 43% of what the food grader role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food technician
43%
Overlap1
To food grader
17 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
65.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.8/ 100

1 Share of the food grader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food technician 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 14 of its required skills as things a food technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • food and beverage industry
  • food legislation
  • food materials
  • food preservation
  • food product ingredients

What stands in the way is 16 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 17 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 technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held food product ingredients engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held functional properties of foods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held perform food risk analysis information skills
  • already held food materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held food preservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held perform quality audits management skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 14 the food grader role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 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 information skills 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held assess quality characteristics of food products required
  • required, not held ensure correct goods labelling required
  • required, not held perform food safety checks required
  • required, not held keep up-to-date with regulations 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
  • optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required
  • required, not held food authentication techniques required
  • required, not held food science required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages required
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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held work in a food processing team required
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held handle communications in the food processing industry optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held identify nutritional properties of food 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held food and beverage industry knowledge
  • already held food legislation knowledge
  • already held food materials knowledge
  • already held food preservation knowledge
  • already held food product ingredients knowledge
  • already held food safety principles knowledge
  • already held functional properties of foods knowledge
  • already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
  • already held perform food risk analysis skill
  • already held perform quality audits skill
  • already held prepare visual data skill
  • already held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing knowledge
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held analyse samples of food and beverages skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held food safety standards required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
11 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 handle communications in the food processing industry 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 identify hazards in the workplace optional
63 held skills the food grader role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role administer ingredients in food production skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports 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 control process statistical methods skill
  • not needed by the target role apply food technology principles skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the life cycle of resources skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the development of standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
  • not needed by the target role be at ease in unsafe environments skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role cleaning of reusable packaging knowledge
  • not needed by the target role combination of flavours knowledge
  • not needed by the target role combination of textures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop new food products skill
  • not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure full functioning of food plant machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate ingredient documentation from suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role fermentation processes of beverages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fermentation processes of food knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow-up lab results skill
  • not needed by the target role food canning production line knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role identify the factors causing changes in food during storage skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate customer complaints of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role keep inventory of goods in production skill
  • not needed by the target role laboratory-based sciences knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill

23 further entries not listed here

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 food authentication techniques required
  • required, not held food safety standards required
  • required, not held food science required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages required
Index

Other moves recorded from food technician

Full index of moves from food technician

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.