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

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

Food production operators supply and perform one or more tasks in different stages of the food production process. They perform manufacturing operations and processes to foods and beverages, perform packaging, operate machines manually or automatically, follow predetermined procedures, and take food safety regulations on board.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 77 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: chilling operator, 68%

chilling operator 68% covered blender operator 60% covered flour purifier operator 57% covered canning and bottling line ope… 55% covered carbonation operator 55% covered food production operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from food production operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a food production operator already covers. All 5 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

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food production operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a food production operator 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.