coffee tastertogreen coffee coordinator
A coffee taster already meets 37% of what the green coffee coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
37%
61.4/ 100
1 Share of the green coffee coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coffee taster 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 green coffee coordinator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a coffee taster already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- food and beverage industry
- perform coffee tastings
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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A green coffee coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coffee taster background worth leading with.
- already held perform coffee tastings information skills
- already held grade coffee beans information skills
- already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries information skills
- already held food and beverage industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply GMP assisting and caring
- already held apply HACCP assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the green coffee coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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.
- required, not held mix grain according to recipe required
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- required, not held mark differences in colours required
- optional, not held store raw food materials optional
- required, not held conduct coffee moisture tests required
- required, not held track coffee deliveries required
- required, not held examine green coffee beans required
- optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
- required, not held enter receipt of coffee inventory required
- optional, not held support management of raw materials optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a green coffee coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct coffee moisture tests skill · occupation specific
- 02 enter receipt of coffee inventory skill · occupation specific
- 03 track coffee deliveries skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 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 food and beverage industry knowledge
- already held perform coffee tastings skill
- already held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
- already held grade coffee beans skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
- optional, not held support management of raw materials optional
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
- optional, not held store raw food materials optional
19 held skills the green coffee coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
- not needed by the target role boil water skill
- not needed by the target role check processing parameters skill
- not needed by the target role coffee characteristics knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role create coffee flavour profiles skill
- not needed by the target role educate customers on coffee varieties skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate coffee characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role find new types of food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role label samples skill
- not needed by the target role maintain food specifications skill
- not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
- not needed by the target role perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
- not needed by the target role prepare specialised coffee skill
- not needed by the target role temperature scales knowledge
- not needed by the target role tolerate strong smells skill
- not needed by the target role types of coffee beans knowledge
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 quality assurance methodologies required
- optional, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials optional
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.