cigarette making machine operatortoleaf tier
A cigarette making machine operator already meets 63% of what the leaf tier role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
45.1/ 100
1 Share of the leaf tier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cigarette making machine 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 this move works
A leaf tier role treats 14 of its required skills as things a cigarette making machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves
- assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves
- cure tobacco leaves
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leaf tier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cigarette making machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held cure tobacco leaves handling and moving
- already held dry tobacco leaves handling and moving
- already held operate tobacco drying technology working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform tobacco leaves conditioning handling and moving
- already held pre-blend tobacco leaves handling and moving
- already held assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves information skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the leaf tier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held use curing room equipment required
- required, not held grade tobacco leaves required
- required, not held tie tobacco leaves in hands required
- optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
- required, not held adapt efficient food processing practices required
- required, not held assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves required
- required, not held perform sensory evaluation of food products required
- required, not held manufacturing of by-products from tobacco required
- required, not held manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products required
- required, not held set up specifications in curing room required
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held maintain cutting equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a leaf tier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 set up specifications in curing room skill · occupation specific
- 02 use curing room equipment skill · occupation specific
- 03 adapt efficient food processing practices skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves skill
- already held assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves skill
- already held cure tobacco leaves skill
- already held curing methods for tobacco leaves knowledge
- already held dry tobacco leaves skill
- already held manufacturing of smoked tobacco products knowledge
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held operate tobacco drying technology skill
- already held perform tobacco leaves conditioning skill
- already held pre-blend tobacco leaves skill
- already held variety of tobacco leaves knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held determine shreds sizes percentage in cigarettes skill
- already held exert quality control to processing food skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held perform cleaning duties skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held work in a food processing team skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held maintain cutting equipment optional
41 held skills the leaf tier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role administer additives to tobacco skill
- not needed by the target role air-cure tobacco skill
- not needed by the target role apply tobacco manufacturing requirements skill
- not needed by the target role assess fermentation levels of tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role assess moisture levels in tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role be at ease in unsafe environments skill
- not needed by the target role blend tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role clean waste materials from machines skill
- not needed by the target role compute average weight of cigarettes skill
- not needed by the target role cut tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- not needed by the target role ensure sanitation skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role ferment stacks of tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role fermentation process of tobacco leaves knowledge
- not needed by the target role flavour tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role flue-cure tobacco skill
- not needed by the target role follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role history of tobacco knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep machines oiled for steady functioning skill
- not needed by the target role label samples skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role monitor cigarette stamp machine skill
- not needed by the target role monitor machine operations skill
- not needed by the target role operate monogram-printing device skill
- not needed by the target role perform detailed tobacco manufacturing operations skill
- not needed by the target role perform kiln fermentation of tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role perform test in cigarette-making machine skill
- not needed by the target role provide training on quality management supervision skill
- not needed by the target role quality prototype of a tobacco leaf knowledge
- not needed by the target role regulate flow of shredded tobacco skill
- not needed by the target role separate tobacco shreds by size skill
- not needed by the target role sort tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role stock tobacco products' machines skill
- not needed by the target role sun-cure tobacco skill
- not needed by the target role tend cigarette making machine skill
- not needed by the target role tobacco manufacturing regulations knowledge
1 further entry not listed here
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held manufacturing of by-products from tobacco required
- required, not held manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products required
Other moves recorded from cigarette making machine operator
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.