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

food gradertofood regulatory advisor

A food grader already meets 49% of what the food regulatory advisor role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food grader
49%
Overlap1
To food regulatory advisor
37 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
65.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.9/ 100

1 Share of the food regulatory advisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food grader 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 regulatory advisor role treats 21 of its required skills as things a food grader already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • ensure correct goods labelling
  • food and beverage industry
  • food authentication techniques
  • food legislation
  • food materials

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 37 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A food regulatory advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food grader background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advice food processing professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held handle communications in the food processing industry communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on food preservation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide food labelling expertise communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage time in food processing operations management skills
  • already held food product ingredients engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 37 carried skills, including the 21 the food regulatory advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 49 missing skills fall into 11 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 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held apply GMP required
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held participate as observer in different types of audits in the food sector required
  • required, not held apply HACCP required
  • optional, not held assess HACCP implementation in plants optional
  • optional, not held assess shelf life of food products optional
  • optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
  • optional, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits optional
02 information skills 3 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct shelf studies required
  • required, not held follow-up lab results required
  • required, not held read engineering drawings required
  • optional, not held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries optional
  • optional, not held monitor developments used for food industry optional
  • optional, not held research new cooking methods optional
  • optional, not held analyse packaging requirements optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held apply control process statistical methods optional
  • optional, not held collect briefing regarding products optional
  • optional, not held perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held food engineering required
  • required, not held traceability in food industry required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held cultural customs on food preparation optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of beverages optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of food optional
  • optional, not held food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held infections in food optional
04 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held lead process optimisation required
  • required, not held perform strategic planning in the food industry required
  • optional, not held develop food production processes optional
  • optional, not held manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held identify market niches optional
05 health and welfare 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held food allergies required
  • required, not held biotechnology required
  • optional, not held foodborne diseases optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held apply food technology principles required
  • optional, not held communicate regarding food labelling interdisciplinary issues optional
  • optional, not held advocate for consumer matters in production plants optional
  • optional, not held configure plants for food industry optional
  • optional, not held develop new food products optional
  • optional, not held food plant design optional
  • optional, not held participate in the development of new food products optional
  • optional, not held research new food ingredients optional
  • optional, not held provide training on quality management supervision optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a food regulatory advisor 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 37 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held ensure correct goods labelling skill
  • already held food and beverage industry knowledge
  • already held food authentication techniques knowledge
  • already held food legislation knowledge
  • already held food materials knowledge
  • already held food preservation knowledge
  • already held food product ingredients knowledge
  • already held food safety principles knowledge
  • already held food safety standards knowledge
  • already held food science knowledge
  • already held food storage knowledge
  • already held handle communications in the food processing industry skill
  • already held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing skill
  • already held keep up-to-date with regulations skill
  • already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
  • 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 work in a food processing team skill
  • already held work independently in service of a food production process skill
  • already held advice food processing professionals skill
  • already held advise on food preservation skill
  • 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 functional properties of foods knowledge
  • already held identify hazards in the workplace skill
  • already held identify nutritional properties of food skill
  • already held manage time in food processing operations skill
  • already held perform detailed food processing operations skill
  • already held perform food risk analysis skill
  • already held perform food safety checks skill
  • already held perform quality audits skill
  • already held perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • already held provide food labelling expertise skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held food fraud required
08 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
09 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held improvise to occuring food processing situations optional
10 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held statistics optional
33 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate regarding food labelling interdisciplinary issues optional
  • optional, not held advocate for consumer matters in production plants optional
  • optional, not held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries optional
  • optional, not held assess HACCP implementation in plants optional
  • optional, not held assess shelf life of food products optional
  • optional, not held configure plants for food industry optional
  • optional, not held cultural customs on food preparation optional
  • optional, not held develop food production processes optional
  • optional, not held develop new food products optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of beverages optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of food optional
  • optional, not held food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held food plant design optional
  • optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
  • optional, not held foodborne diseases optional
  • optional, not held improvise to occuring food processing situations optional
  • optional, not held manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held monitor developments used for food industry optional
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
  • optional, not held participate in the development of new food products optional
  • optional, not held research new cooking methods optional
  • optional, not held research new food ingredients optional
  • optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
  • optional, not held analyse packaging requirements optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held apply control process statistical methods optional
  • optional, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits optional
  • optional, not held collect briefing regarding products optional
  • optional, not held identify market niches optional
  • optional, not held infections in food optional
  • optional, not held perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials optional
  • optional, not held provide training on quality management supervision optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
7 held skills the food regulatory advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess quality characteristics of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role exert quality control to processing food skill
  • not needed by the target role follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • not needed by the target role grade foods skill
  • not needed by the target role measure precise food processing operations skill
  • not needed by the target role processes of foods and beverages manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
14 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 allergies required
  • required, not held food engineering required
  • required, not held food fraud required
  • required, not held traceability in food industry required
  • required, not held biotechnology required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held cultural customs on food preparation optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of beverages optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of food optional
  • optional, not held food homogenisation optional
  • optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
  • optional, not held foodborne diseases optional
  • optional, not held infections in food optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from food grader

Full index of moves from food grader

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.