kettle tendertodistillery worker
A kettle tender already meets 35% of what the distillery worker role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
35%
63.2/ 100
1 Share of the distillery worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the kettle tender 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 distillery worker role treats 7 of its required skills as things a kettle tender already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- lift heavy weights
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A distillery worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a kettle tender background worth leading with.
- already held temperature scales natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages assisting and caring
- already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
- already held apply GMP assisting and caring
- already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the distillery worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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.
- required, not held blend beverages required
- required, not held clean food and beverage machinery required
- required, not held prepare containers for beverage distillation required
- required, not held sterilise fermentation tanks required
- required, not held collect samples for analysis required
- optional, not held label samples optional
- required, not held operate distilling equipment required
- required, not held perform detailed food processing operations required
- required, not held operate weighing machine required
- required, not held stand high temperatures required
- required, not held take measures against flammability required
- optional, not held tolerate strong smells optional
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
- optional, not held liaise with managers optional
- optional, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits optional
- optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
- optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a distillery worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 blend beverages skill · sector specific
- 02 clean food and beverage machinery skill · sector specific
- 03 operate distilling equipment 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 7 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 follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages skill
- already held temperature scales knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
- optional, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
- optional, not held liaise with managers optional
- optional, not held tolerate strong smells optional
12 held skills the distillery worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role chemical aspects of sugar knowledge
- not needed by the target role control open-fire kettles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivery of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
- not needed by the target role monitor flow of gum skill
- not needed by the target role operate automated process control skill
- not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
- not needed by the target role work independently in service of a food production process 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 appropriate raw materials for specific spirits optional
- optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
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.