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

dairy products makertodairy products manufacturing worker

A dairy products maker already meets 38% of what the dairy products manufacturing worker role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dairy products maker
38%
Overlap1
To dairy products manufacturing worker
24 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
69.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.2/ 100

1 Share of the dairy products manufacturing worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dairy products maker 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 dairy products manufacturing worker role treats 8 of its required skills as things a dairy products maker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administer ingredients in food production
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • clean food and beverage machinery
  • dairy manufacturing specifications
  • follow hygienic procedures during food processing
  • food safety principles

What stands in the way is 19 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dairy products manufacturing worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dairy products maker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tend dairy processing machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held perform curd processing of cheese handling and moving
  • already held curdling of cheese engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held ripening of cheese engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held variety of cheese engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held dairy manufacturing specifications engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 24 carried skills, including the 8 the dairy products manufacturing worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 10 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 assisting and caring 5 required
  • required, not held apply GMP required
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held operate a heat treatment process required
  • required, not held apply HACCP required
  • required, not held follow work procedures required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held act reliably required
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • required, not held follow written instructions required
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held operate centrifuges required
  • required, not held operate equipment for food homogenisation required
  • required, not held tend milk filling machines required
04 handling and moving 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform cleaning duties required
  • required, not held secure goods required
  • optional, not held conduct cleaning in place optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held maintain tanks optional
05 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held control fluid inventories required
  • required, not held monitor milk production deviations required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held milk production process required
  • optional, not held ice cream manufacturing regulations optional
  • optional, not held ingredients for ice cream manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing process of ice cream optional
  • optional, not held ultra-high temperature processing optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dairy products manufacturing worker 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administer ingredients in food production skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • already held dairy manufacturing specifications knowledge
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held food safety principles knowledge
  • already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
  • already held tend dairy processing machines skill
  • already held administer lactic ferment cultures to manufacturing products skill
  • already held analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
  • already held check bottles for packaging skill
  • already held collect samples for analysis skill
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held curdling of cheese knowledge
  • already held dispose food waste skill
  • already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
  • already held fermentation processes of food knowledge
  • already held label foodstuffs skill
  • already held microbiology of fresh milk knowledge
  • already held operate pasteurisation processes skill
  • already held perform curd processing of cheese skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • already held ripening of cheese knowledge
  • already held variety of cheese knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment required
08 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held follow production schedule required
09 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
10 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held temperature scales optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct cleaning in place optional
  • optional, not held ice cream manufacturing regulations optional
  • optional, not held ingredients for ice cream manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing process of ice cream optional
  • optional, not held ultra-high temperature processing optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held maintain tanks optional
  • optional, not held temperature scales optional
4 held skills the dairy products manufacturing worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role carry out cheese production skill
  • not needed by the target role dairy products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food labels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role select adequate packaging for food products skill
6 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 milk production process required
  • optional, not held ice cream manufacturing regulations optional
  • optional, not held ingredients for ice cream manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing process of ice cream optional
  • optional, not held ultra-high temperature processing optional
  • optional, not held temperature scales 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.