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A dairy processing technician already meets 46% of what the bulk filler role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
46%
51.9/ 100
1 Share of the bulk filler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dairy processing technician 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 bulk filler role treats 6 of its required skills as things a dairy processing technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- follow written instructions
- food safety principles
What stands in the way is 8 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bulk filler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dairy processing technician background worth leading with.
- already held food safety principles services
- already held work in a food processing team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held follow written instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
- already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply GMP assisting and caring
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the bulk filler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 8 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 tube filling systems required
- required, not held food preservation required
- required, not held food storage required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held apply preservation treatments required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
- required, not held monitor filling machines required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bulk filler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 tube filling systems knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 apply preservation treatments skill · sector specific
- 03 food preservation knowledge · 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 10 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 follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held follow written instructions skill
- already held food safety principles knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held work in a food processing team skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held interpret visual literacy optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held interpret visual literacy optional
42 held skills the bulk filler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust drying process to goods skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the development of standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
- not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
- not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
- not needed by the target role continuous improvement philosophies knowledge
- not needed by the target role control fluid inventories skill
- not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
- not needed by the target role curdling of cheese knowledge
- not needed by the target role dairy manufacturing specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role dairy products knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- not needed by the target role enzymatic processing knowledge
- not needed by the target role fermentation processes of food knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow production schedule skill
- not needed by the target role food allergies knowledge
- not needed by the target role food and beverage industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role ice cream manufacturing regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify the factors causing changes in food during storage skill
- not needed by the target role keep inventory of goods in production skill
- not needed by the target role label samples skill
- not needed by the target role legislation about animal origin products knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage corrective actions skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental management system skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role microbiology of fresh milk knowledge
- not needed by the target role milk production process knowledge
- not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill
- not needed by the target role monitor milk production deviations skill
- not needed by the target role operate a heat treatment process skill
- not needed by the target role oversee production requirements skill
- not needed by the target role perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ripening of cheese knowledge
- not needed by the target role schedule regular machine maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role use dairy test materials skill
2 further entries not listed here
4 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 tube filling systems required
- required, not held food preservation required
- required, not held food storage required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
Other moves recorded from dairy processing technician
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.