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

beer sommeliertocoffee taster

A beer sommelier already meets 31% of what the coffee taster role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From beer sommelier
31%
Overlap1
To coffee taster
11 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
68.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.3/ 100

1 Share of the coffee taster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the beer 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 coffee taster role treats 4 of its required skills as things a beer sommelier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • perform sensory evaluation of food products

What stands in the way is 13 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A coffee taster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a beer sommelier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held find new types of food and beverages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain food specifications information skills
  • already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries information skills
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products information skills
  • already held perform public relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the coffee taster role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held check processing parameters required
  • required, not held evaluate coffee characteristics required
  • required, not held grade coffee beans required
  • required, not held perform coffee tastings required
  • optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held prepare specialised coffee required
  • required, not held boil water required
  • required, not held tolerate strong smells required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held food and beverage industry required
  • required, not held types of coffee beans required
  • required, not held coffee characteristics required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held educate customers on coffee varieties required
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held temperature scales required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held create coffee flavour profiles required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a coffee taster 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 11 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 perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held find new types of food and beverages skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held maintain food specifications skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held label samples optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
19 held skills the coffee taster role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on beer production skill
  • not needed by the target role apply extensive study of beer styles skill
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign language for international trade skill
  • not needed by the target role beer downstream processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role brewhouse processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consult on beer presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role describe the flavour of different beers skill
  • not needed by the target role fermentation processes of beverages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ingredients for beer production knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role malting process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role measure precise food processing operations skill
  • not needed by the target role modern brewing systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pair beer with food skill
  • not needed by the target role provide training on quality management supervision skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in beer knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role types of barley knowledge
  • not needed by the target role variety of beers knowledge
4 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 food and beverage industry required
  • required, not held types of coffee beans required
  • required, not held coffee characteristics required
  • required, not held temperature scales required
Index

Other moves recorded from beer sommelier

Full index of moves from beer 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.