Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a cook can go next

11 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cook already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cooks are culinary operatives who are able to prepare and present food, normally in domestic and institutional environments.

Service and sales workers 50 skills on file 11 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: pizzaiolo, 79%

pizzaiolo 79% covered kitchen assistant 65% covered chef 59% covered pastry chef 55% covered private chef 54% covered kitchen porter 49% covered cook You are here
Fig. 2 — the 6 nearest destinations from cook. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cook already covers. All 11 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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cook is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a cook already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.