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

food and beverage packaging technologisttofood production engineer

A food and beverage packaging technologist already meets 31% of what the food production engineer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food and beverage packaging technologist
31%
Overlap1
To food production engineer
9 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
68.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.8/ 100

1 Share of the food production engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food and beverage packaging technologist 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 production engineer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a food and beverage packaging technologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
  • keep up-to-date with regulations
  • manage corrective actions

What stands in the way is 13 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A food production engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food and beverage packaging technologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess HACCP implementation in plants assisting and caring
  • already held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing information skills
  • already held food safety standards services
  • already held manage corrective actions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held keep up-to-date with regulations information skills
  • already held quality assurance methodologies business, administration and law

All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the food production engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held food authentication techniques required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held food and beverage industry optional
  • optional, not held food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held food preservation optional
02 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop food production processes required
  • required, not held disaggregate the production plan required
  • required, not held manage all process engineering activities required
  • required, not held mitigate waste of resources required
  • optional, not held lead process optimisation optional
  • optional, not held be at ease in unsafe environments optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
03 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment required
  • required, not held monitor equipment condition required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held configure plants for food industry required
  • optional, not held food plant design optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held disassemble equipment required
  • optional, not held ensure full functioning of food plant machinery optional
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held food fraud required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a food production engineer 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing skill
  • already held keep up-to-date with regulations skill
  • already held manage corrective actions skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held assess HACCP implementation in plants skill
  • already held food safety standards knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
08 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production optional
  • optional, not held ensure full functioning of food plant machinery optional
  • optional, not held food and beverage industry optional
  • optional, not held food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held food plant design optional
  • optional, not held food preservation optional
  • optional, not held lead process optimisation optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held be at ease in unsafe environments optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
24 held skills the food production engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role care for food aesthetic skill
  • not needed by the target role detect microorganisms skill
  • not needed by the target role develop new food products skill
  • not needed by the target role develop standard operating procedures in the food chain skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
  • not needed by the target role food safety principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify innovative concepts in packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role ingredient threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role label foodstuffs skill
  • not needed by the target role manage packaging development cycle from concept to launch skill
  • not needed by the target role manage packaging material skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor filling machines skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor packaging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role packaging engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role packaging functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role packaging processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role participate in the development of new food products skill
  • not needed by the target role product packaging requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role select adequate packaging for food products skill
  • not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role watch food product trends skill
8 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 authentication techniques required
  • required, not held food fraud required
  • required, not held food storage required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held food and beverage industry optional
  • optional, not held food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held food preservation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from food and beverage packaging technologist

Full index of moves from food and beverage packaging technologist

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.