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

blending plant operatortohydrogenation machine operator

A blending plant operator already meets 43% of what the hydrogenation machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From blending plant operator
43%
Overlap1
To hydrogenation machine operator
17 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
61.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.9/ 100

1 Share of the hydrogenation machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the blending plant 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 hydrogenation machine operator role treats 10 of its required skills as things a blending plant 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
  • assess quality characteristics of food products
  • mechanical tools

What stands in the way is 12 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hydrogenation machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a blending plant operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform preliminary operations for oil extraction working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held monitor oil blending process information skills
  • already held tend mixing oil machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held check sensorial parameters of oils and fats information skills
  • already held origin of dietary fats and oils engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assess quality characteristics of food products information skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the hydrogenation machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 9 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held chemical processes required
  • required, not held hydrogenation processes for edible oils required
  • required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
  • optional, not held alkali stages of refining processes for edible oils optional
  • optional, not held components of oil seeds optional
  • optional, not held free fatty acid elimination processes optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering applicable to edible oil seed optional
  • optional, not held oil seed process optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess hydrogenation levels of edible oils required
  • required, not held assess oil hardness required
  • optional, not held interpret data in food manufacturing optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
04 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held maintain mechanical equipment required
  • required, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held temperature scales required
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
06 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held be at ease in unsafe environments required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hydrogenation machine operator 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 17 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 assess quality characteristics of food products skill
  • already held mechanical tools knowledge
  • already held monitor oil blending process skill
  • already held perform preliminary operations for oil extraction skill
  • already held pump products skill
  • already held tend mixing oil machine skill
  • already held check sensorial parameters of oils and fats skill
  • already held dispose food waste skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • already held exert quality control to processing food skill
  • already held label samples skill
  • already held origin of dietary fats and oils knowledge
  • already held set up equipment for food production skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held control flow of matter used in oil processing required
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
09 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held alkali stages of refining processes for edible oils optional
  • optional, not held components of oil seeds optional
  • optional, not held free fatty acid elimination processes optional
  • optional, not held interpret data in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering applicable to edible oil seed optional
  • optional, not held oil seed process optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
13 held skills the hydrogenation machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role develop work programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain tanks skill
  • not needed by the target role manage carbonation levels skill
  • not needed by the target role measure density of liquids skill
  • not needed by the target role refine edible oils skill
  • not needed by the target role support management of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role tend equipment for oil extraction skill
  • not needed by the target role use tools for construction and repair skill
  • not needed by the target role winterise fats skill
  • not needed by the target role work independently in service of a food production process skill
11 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 chemical processes required
  • required, not held hydrogenation processes for edible oils required
  • required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held temperature scales required
  • optional, not held alkali stages of refining processes for edible oils optional
  • optional, not held components of oil seeds optional
  • optional, not held free fatty acid elimination processes optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering applicable to edible oil seed optional
  • optional, not held oil seed process optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held statistics 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.