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

blanching operatortofruit and vegetable canner

A blanching operator already meets 50% of what the fruit and vegetable canner role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From blanching operator
50%
Overlap1
To fruit and vegetable canner
16 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
55 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55/ 100

1 Share of the fruit and vegetable canner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the blanching operator 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 fruit and vegetable canner role treats 11 of its required skills as things a blanching operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administer ingredients in food production
  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • blanching machine process
  • check quality of products on the production line

What stands in the way is 8 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fruit and vegetable canner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a blanching operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held mechanical almond processing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held blanching machine process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held perform detailed food processing operations working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held administer ingredients in food production working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held mark differences in colours handling and moving

All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the fruit and vegetable canner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held execute chilling processes to food products required
  • required, not held process fruits and vegetables required
  • required, not held tend canning machine required
  • optional, not held manage fruit juice extraction processes optional
  • optional, not held operate equipment for food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held food canning production line required
  • required, not held food preservation required
  • required, not held food storage required
03 handling and moving 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held clean food and beverage machinery required
  • optional, not held jell fruits optional
  • optional, not held dispose non-food waste within the food industry optional
  • optional, not held neutralise sugar liquors optional
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain cutting equipment required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate a heat treatment process optional
  • optional, not held care for food aesthetic optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fruit and vegetable canner 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administer ingredients in food production skill
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held blanching machine process knowledge
  • already held check quality of products on the production line skill
  • already held exert quality control to processing food skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held mark differences in colours skill
  • already held perform detailed food processing operations skill
  • already held work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing skill
  • already held carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
  • already held dispose food waste skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • already held label samples skill
  • already held mechanical almond processing knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held jell fruits optional
  • optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
  • optional, not held dispose non-food waste within the food industry optional
  • optional, not held manage fruit juice extraction processes optional
  • optional, not held neutralise sugar liquors optional
  • optional, not held operate a heat treatment process optional
  • optional, not held operate equipment for food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held care for food aesthetic optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
22 held skills the fruit and vegetable canner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust drying process to goods skill
  • not needed by the target role be at ease in unsafe environments skill
  • not needed by the target role boil water skill
  • not needed by the target role condiment manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disassemble equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role follow production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role food safety principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor almond blanching process skill
  • not needed by the target role operate vibratory feeder in food production skill
  • not needed by the target role pump products skill
  • not needed by the target role secure goods skill
  • not needed by the target role select unshelled almonds skill
  • not needed by the target role set up machine controls skill
  • not needed by the target role tend air-cleaning system skill
  • not needed by the target role tend almond huller machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend blanching machines skill
3 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 canning production line required
  • required, not held food preservation required
  • required, not held food storage required
Index

Other moves recorded from blanching operator

Full index of moves from blanching operator

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.