Green coffee coordinator to coffee taster
A green coffee coordinator already meets 34% of what the coffee taster role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
65.3/ 100
1 How much of what a coffee taster is expected to do is already part of a green coffee coordinator’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 coffee taster role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A coffee taster role treats 6 of its required skills as things a green coffee coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- food and beverage industry
- grade coffee beans
- perform coffee tastings
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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A coffee taster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a green coffee coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held grade coffee beans information skills
- already held perform coffee tastings information skills
- already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries information skills
- already held food and beverage industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply GMP assisting and caring
- already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the coffee taster role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 check processing parameters required
- still to learn evaluate coffee characteristics required
- still to learn perform sensory evaluation of food products required
- optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
- optional, not held maintain food specifications optional
- still to learn prepare specialised coffee required
- still to learn boil water required
- still to learn tolerate strong smells required
- still to learn types of coffee beans required
- still to learn coffee characteristics required
- still to learn educate customers on coffee varieties required
- optional, not held find new types of food and beverages optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- still to learn temperature scales required
- still to learn create coffee flavour profiles required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a coffee taster role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create coffee flavour profiles practise this
- 02 check processing parameters practise this
- 03 educate customers on coffee varieties 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held food and beverage industry knowledge
- already held grade coffee beans skill
- already held perform coffee tastings skill
- already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
- optional, not held find new types of food and beverages optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held maintain food specifications optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
14 held skills the coffee taster role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role conduct coffee moisture tests skill
- not needed by the target role effects of pesticides in food raw materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role enter receipt of coffee inventory skill
- not needed by the target role examine green coffee beans skill
- not needed by the target role keep inventory of goods in production skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
- not needed by the target role mix grain according to recipe skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
- not needed by the target role support management of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role track coffee deliveries skill
- not needed by the target role work in a food processing team skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn types of coffee beans required
- still to learn coffee characteristics required
- still to learn temperature scales required
Common questions about this move
Can a green coffee coordinator become a coffee taster?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A green coffee coordinator already covers 34% of what a coffee taster is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 6 of which the coffee taster role treats as required.
What skills does a green coffee coordinator need to become a coffee taster?
11 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is create coffee flavour profiles.
How hard is the move from green coffee coordinator to coffee taster?
Its learning distance is 65.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.