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

coffee grindertocoffee roaster

A coffee grinder already meets 42% of what the coffee roaster role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From coffee grinder
42%
Overlap1
To coffee roaster
14 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
60 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 60

This move: 60 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the coffee roaster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coffee grinder 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A coffee roaster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coffee grinder background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held check processing parameters information skills
  • already held work independently in service of a food production process management skills
  • already held tolerate strong smells assisting and caring
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production assisting and caring
  • already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring

All 14 carried skills, including the 7 the coffee roaster 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage kiln ventilation required
  • required, not held operate industrial ovens required
  • required, not held operate weighing machine required
  • optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages required
  • required, not held operate a heat treatment process required
  • required, not held stand high temperatures required
03 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply different roasting methods required
  • required, not held handle flammable substances required
  • optional, not held mark differences in colours optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor roasting required
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
05 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain industrial ovens required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held temperature scales required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a coffee roaster 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 14 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 check processing parameters skill
  • already held collect samples for analysis skill
  • already held lift heavy weights skill
  • already held tolerate strong smells skill
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held label samples skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held work independently in service of a food production process skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
  • optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held chemical aspects of sugar optional
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held food dehydration processes optional
  • optional, not held mark differences in colours optional
  • optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
13 held skills the coffee roaster role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess quality characteristics of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role coffee grinding levels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose food waste skill
  • not needed by the target role examine production samples skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role match coffee grind to coffee type skill
  • not needed by the target role milling machines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate grain cleaning machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend grinding mill machine skill
  • not needed by the target role types of coffee beans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing 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 chemical aspects of sugar optional
  • optional, not held food dehydration processes 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.