Fruit and vegetable canner to fish canning operator
A fruit and vegetable canner already meets 56% of what the fish canning operator role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.5/ 100
1 How much of what a fish canning operator is expected to do is already part of a fruit and vegetable canner’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the fish canning operator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A fish canning operator role treats 13 of its required skills as things a fruit and vegetable canner already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- administer ingredients in food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- check quality of products on the production line
- clean food and beverage machinery
What stands in the way is 11 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fish canning operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fruit and vegetable canner background worth leading with.
- already held tend canning machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held dispose non-food waste within the food industry handling and moving
- already held food canning production line engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held food preservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held maintain cutting equipment constructing
- already held care for food aesthetic assisting and caring
All 23 carried skills, including the 13 the fish canning operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn apply preservation treatments required
- still to learn inspect raw food materials required
- still to learn package fish required
- still to learn preserve fish products required
- still to learn remove parts of fish required
- still to learn use food cutting tools required
- still to learn wash gutted fish required
- still to learn ensure sanitation required
- optional, not held label foodstuffs optional
- optional, not held select adequate ingredients optional
- still to learn adhere to organisational guidelines required
- still to learn tolerate strong smells required
- optional, not held slice fish optional
- still to learn be at ease in unsafe environments required
- optional, not held legislation about animal origin products optional
- optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fish canning operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply preservation treatments practise this
- 02 inspect raw food materials practise this
- 03 package fish practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held administer ingredients in food production skill
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
- already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
- already held food canning production line knowledge
- already held food preservation knowledge
- already held food storage knowledge
- already held maintain cutting equipment skill
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held tend canning machine skill
- already held care for food aesthetic skill
- already held dispose food waste skill
- already held dispose non-food waste within the food industry skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held label samples skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held operate a heat treatment process skill
- already held set up equipment for food production skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
- optional, not held label foodstuffs optional
- optional, not held legislation about animal origin products optional
- optional, not held slice fish optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held select adequate ingredients optional
14 held skills the fish canning operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
- not needed by the target role blanching machine process knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role exert quality control to processing food skill
- not needed by the target role jell fruits skill
- not needed by the target role manage fruit juice extraction processes skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical almond processing knowledge
- not needed by the target role neutralise sugar liquors skill
- not needed by the target role operate equipment for food homogenisation skill
- not needed by the target role perform detailed food processing operations skill
- not needed by the target role process fruits and vegetables skill
- not needed by the target role work in a food processing team skill
- not needed by the target role work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held legislation about animal origin products optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
Other moves recorded from fruit and vegetable canner
Common questions about this move
Can a fruit and vegetable canner become a fish canning operator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A fruit and vegetable canner already covers 56% of what a fish canning operator is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 13 of which the fish canning operator role treats as required.
What skills does a fruit and vegetable canner need to become a fish canning operator?
11 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is apply preservation treatments.
How hard is the move from fruit and vegetable canner to fish canning operator?
Its learning distance is 51.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.