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

leaf sortertobotanicals specialist

A leaf sorter already meets 35% of what the botanicals specialist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leaf sorter
35%
Overlap1
To botanicals specialist
5 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
59.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.6/ 100

1 Share of the botanicals specialist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leaf sorter 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 botanicals specialist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a leaf sorter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • collect samples for analysis
  • perform sensory evaluation of food products

What stands in the way is 7 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A botanicals specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leaf sorter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products information skills
  • already held collect samples for analysis handling and moving
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring
  • already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages assisting and caring

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the botanicals specialist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse samples of food and beverages required
  • required, not held examine production samples required
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held botany required
  • required, not held variety of botanicals required
  • optional, not held percolation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create beverage recipes with botanicals required
  • optional, not held conduct extensive international travel optional
  • optional, not held write routine reports optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
  • optional, not held ingredient threats optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held tend botanical milling machines required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a botanicals specialist 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held collect samples for analysis skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
  • optional, not held ingredient threats optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held conduct extensive international travel optional
  • optional, not held percolation optional
  • optional, not held write routine reports optional
24 held skills the botanicals specialist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act reliably skill
  • not needed by the target role assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role assure quality of tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role blend tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
  • not needed by the target role curing methods for tobacco leaves knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine shreds sizes percentage in cigarettes skill
  • not needed by the target role exert quality control to processing food skill
  • not needed by the target role grade tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role history of tobacco knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of by-products from tobacco knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of smoked tobacco products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
  • not needed by the target role quality prototype of a tobacco leaf knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sort tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role tobacco products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role variety of tobacco leaves knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in a food processing team skill
6 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 botany required
  • required, not held variety of botanicals required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
  • optional, not held ingredient threats optional
  • optional, not held percolation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from leaf sorter

Full index of moves from leaf sorter

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.