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

blender operatortodistillery worker

A blender operator already meets 37% of what the distillery worker role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From blender operator
37%
Overlap1
To distillery worker
8 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
61.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 61.6

This move: 61.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the distillery worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the blender 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A distillery worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a blender operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery handling and moving
  • already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
  • already held label samples handling and moving
  • already held collect samples for analysis handling and moving
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the distillery worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages required
  • required, not held stand high temperatures required
  • required, not held take measures against flammability required
  • optional, not held tolerate strong smells optional
02 handling and moving 3 required
  • required, not held blend beverages required
  • required, not held prepare containers for beverage distillation required
  • required, not held sterilise fermentation tanks required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held operate distilling equipment required
  • required, not held perform detailed food processing operations required
  • required, not held operate weighing machine required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held temperature scales required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits optional
  • optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a distillery worker 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 8 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 clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • already held collect samples for analysis skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held lift heavy weights skill
  • already held label samples skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt efficient food processing practices optional
  • optional, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits optional
  • optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held tolerate strong smells optional
11 held skills the distillery worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer ingredients in food production skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure sanitation skill
  • not needed by the target role examine production samples skill
  • not needed by the target role exert quality control to processing food skill
  • not needed by the target role extract juices skill
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage carbonation levels skill
  • not needed by the target role operate pasteurisation processes skill
  • not needed by the target role process fruits and vegetables skill
  • not needed by the target role set up equipment for food production 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 temperature scales required
  • optional, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits optional
  • optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
Index
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.