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

food analysttofood grader

A food analyst already meets 45% of what the food grader role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food analyst
45%
Overlap1
To food grader
19 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
64.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.6/ 100

1 Share of the food grader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food analyst 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 food grader role treats 14 of its required skills as things a food analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • assess quality characteristics of food products
  • food legislation
  • food safety principles
  • food safety standards
  • food science

What stands in the way is 16 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A food grader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform food safety checks information skills
  • already held perform food risk analysis information skills
  • already held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain management skills
  • already held food safety standards services
  • already held assess quality characteristics of food products information skills

All 19 carried skills, including the 14 the food grader role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 8 required
  • required, not held food and beverage industry required
  • required, not held food authentication techniques required
  • required, not held food materials required
  • required, not held food preservation required
  • required, not held food product ingredients required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held functional properties of foods required
  • required, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing required
02 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held manage time in food processing operations required
  • required, not held work independently in service of a food production process required
  • required, not held perform quality audits required
03 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held grade foods required
  • required, not held store raw food materials required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held work in a food processing team required
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held handle communications in the food processing industry optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
05 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure correct goods labelling required
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held legislation about animal origin products required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a food grader 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held assess quality characteristics of food products skill
  • already held food legislation knowledge
  • already held food safety principles knowledge
  • already held food safety standards knowledge
  • already held food science knowledge
  • already held identify nutritional properties of food skill
  • already held keep up-to-date with regulations skill
  • already held perform food risk analysis skill
  • already held perform food safety checks skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • already held prepare visual data skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages knowledge
  • already held analyse samples of food and beverages skill
  • already held apply scientific methods skill
  • already held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held handle communications in the food processing industry optional
  • optional, not held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
  • optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
52 held skills the food grader role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
  • not needed by the target role apply GMP skill
  • not needed by the target role apply HACCP skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products skill
  • not needed by the target role assess shelf life of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding food and beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role blend food ingredients skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role check bottles for packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct food tests skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on food waste prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role design indicators for food waste reduction skill
  • not needed by the target role detect microorganisms skill
  • not needed by the target role develop food waste reduction strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop new food products skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role fermentation processes of food knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow evaluation procedures of materials at reception skill
  • not needed by the target role follow laboratory manuals skill
  • not needed by the target role follow-up lab results skill
  • not needed by the target role food fraud knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food homogenisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food products composition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food toxicity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify the factors causing changes in food during storage skill
  • not needed by the target role infections in food knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ingredient threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret data in food manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate customer complaints of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role keep food laboratory inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role laboratory-based sciences knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain laboratory equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role measure pH skill
  • not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill

12 further entries not listed here

9 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 food and beverage industry required
  • required, not held food authentication techniques required
  • required, not held food materials required
  • required, not held food preservation required
  • required, not held food product ingredients required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held functional properties of foods required
  • required, not held legislation about animal origin products required
  • required, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing required
Index

Other moves recorded from food analyst

Full index of moves from food analyst

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.