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

head sommeliertohousekeeping supervisor

A head sommelier already meets 24% of what the housekeeping supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From head sommelier
24%
Overlap1
To housekeeping supervisor
8 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
74.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.5/ 100

1 Share of the housekeeping supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the head sommelier 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 housekeeping supervisor role treats 5 of its required skills as things a head sommelier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • maintain customer service
  • plan shifts of employees
  • procure hospitality products
  • train employees

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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A housekeeping supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a head sommelier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held procure hospitality products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage stock rotation management skills
  • already held monitor work for special events information skills
  • already held handle surveillance equipment assisting and caring
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
  • already held plan shifts of employees management skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the housekeeping supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 6 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 management skills 8 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate redecoration of hospitality establishment required
  • required, not held manage budgets for social services programs required
  • required, not held supervise housekeeping operations required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage cleaning activities required
  • required, not held manage maintenance operations required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held plan schedule required
  • optional, not held encourage staff in cleaning activities optional
  • optional, not held develop working procedures optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure cross-department cooperation required
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
03 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor stock level required
  • required, not held assess cleanliness of areas required
  • required, not held manage inspections of equipment required
  • optional, not held seek innovation in current practices optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage health and safety standards required
  • optional, not held assist at check-in optional
  • optional, not held greet guests optional
05 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held service rooms optional
  • optional, not held clean public areas optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held energy conservation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a housekeeping supervisor 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held plan shifts of employees skill
  • already held procure hospitality products skill
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held manage stock rotation skill
  • already held monitor work for special events skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist at check-in optional
  • optional, not held encourage staff in cleaning activities optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held service rooms optional
  • optional, not held clean public areas optional
  • optional, not held develop working procedures optional
  • optional, not held energy conservation optional
  • optional, not held greet guests optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
  • optional, not held seek innovation in current practices optional
20 held skills the housekeeping supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in hospitality skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role check wine quality skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role compile wine lists skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage medium term objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role organise wine cellar skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare alcoholic beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare tableware skill
  • not needed by the target role recommend wines skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role select glassware for serving skill
  • not needed by the target role serve wines skill
  • not needed by the target role sparkling wines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of wine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role upsell products skill
  • not needed by the target role wine characteristics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role wine related sciences knowledge
1 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
  • optional, not held energy conservation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from head sommelier

Full index of moves from head sommelier

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.