fish canning operatortofruit and vegetable canner
A fish canning operator already meets 68% of what the fruit and vegetable canner role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
38.4/ 100
1 Share of the fruit and vegetable canner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fish canning 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 fruit and vegetable canner role treats 14 of its required skills as things a fish canning operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- administer ingredients in food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- check quality of products on the production line
- clean food and beverage machinery
What stands in the way is 5 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 fruit and vegetable canner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fish canning operator background worth leading with.
- already held tend canning machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held dispose non-food waste within the food industry handling and moving
- already held food canning production line engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held food preservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held maintain cutting equipment constructing
- already held care for food aesthetic assisting and caring
All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the fruit and vegetable canner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 perform detailed food processing operations required
- required, not held process fruits and vegetables required
- required, not held work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing required
- optional, not held manage fruit juice extraction processes optional
- optional, not held operate equipment for food homogenisation optional
- required, not held blanching machine process required
- optional, not held mechanical almond processing optional
- required, not held exert quality control to processing food required
- optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held jell fruits optional
- optional, not held neutralise sugar liquors optional
- optional, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fruit and vegetable canner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 blanching machine process knowledge · sector specific
- 02 exert quality control to processing food skill · sector specific
- 03 perform detailed food processing operations 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 administer ingredients in food production skill
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
- already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held food canning production line knowledge
- already held food preservation knowledge
- already held food storage knowledge
- already held maintain cutting equipment skill
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held tend canning machine skill
- already held care for food aesthetic skill
- already held dispose food waste skill
- already held dispose non-food waste within the food industry skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held label samples skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held operate a heat treatment process skill
- already held set up equipment for food production skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held jell fruits optional
- optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
- optional, not held manage fruit juice extraction processes optional
- optional, not held mechanical almond processing optional
- optional, not held neutralise sugar liquors optional
- optional, not held operate equipment for food homogenisation optional
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment optional
17 held skills the fruit and vegetable canner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt efficient food processing practices skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role apply preservation treatments skill
- not needed by the target role be at ease in unsafe environments skill
- not needed by the target role ensure sanitation skill
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect raw food materials skill
- not needed by the target role label foodstuffs skill
- not needed by the target role legislation about animal origin products knowledge
- not needed by the target role package fish skill
- not needed by the target role preserve fish products skill
- not needed by the target role remove parts of fish skill
- not needed by the target role select adequate ingredients skill
- not needed by the target role slice fish skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate strong smells skill
- not needed by the target role use food cutting tools skill
- not needed by the target role wash gutted fish skill
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 blanching machine process required
- optional, not held mechanical almond processing 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.